On May 2, 2024, the Boston Bar Association (BBA) held its fifth annual White-Collar Crime Conference, featuring panel discussions with current and former prosecutors at the state and federal levels, defense counsel, and...more
This is the ninth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year...
The government had another busy year in 2023 investigating and prosecuting health...more
4/11/2024
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Opioid ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Telemedicine ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the eighth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year...
It is not often that we can say that a federal fraud statute had a blockbuster...more
3/29/2024
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SCOTUS ,
United States ex rel Polansky v Executive Health Resources Inc ,
US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the first in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: criminal tax enforcement.
The False Claims Act (or “FCA”) continued to drive significant enforcement...more
2/14/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Editors’ Note: This is the second in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed SEC enforcement in 2020. Up next: a look at...more
1/9/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Attorneys General ,
White Collar Crimes