This week, Heather and Matthew welcome their colleagues Mark Moore and Michael Parente, attorneys in Maynard Nexsen’s Government Investigations and White Collar Defense practice. We sit down to discuss their insights on the...more
On September 30, 2024, United States District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle dismissed a non-intervened False Claims Act (“FCA”) case ruling that the qui tam provision, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(1), unconstitutionally permits a...more
In a series of four opinions issued last week, the Supreme Court of the United States has severely limited: (1) the Department of Justice’s ability to prosecute certain offenses; (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission’s...more
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) that marijuana be reclassified from a Schedule I controlled substance to a Schedule III...more
On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court eliminated the “objectively reasonable” potential defense in False Claims Act cases, clarifying that the knowledge or scienter element for a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case is satisfied by...more
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two opinions that vacated criminal convictions for honest services fraud and reshaped the ways in which the federal government can prosecute alleged offenders....more
On Monday, June 6, 2022, the North Carolina Senate voted on third reading to pass a bill that would allow medical cannabis use in the state. Senate Bill 711 received bipartisan support and passed by a vote of 36-7....more
On Thursday, February 10, 2022, the South Carolina Senate voted to pass the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act (S. 150) on third reading, which would allow for certain forms of medical cannabis in the state for the first...more
Just over a year ago, the South Carolina Legislature introduced the “South Carolina Compassionate Care Act” (S. 150 and H. 3361), which, for the first time, would allow medical cannabis in the state. The bill has gained...more