On August 1, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Pilot Program). The Pilot Program, previewed by Monaco in March 2024, provides another avenue...more
8/7/2024
/ BSA/AML ,
CFTC ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Pilot Programs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
7/25/2024
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Lenders ,
Lockheed Martin ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
OIG ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
4/12/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
Popular
On March 7, 2024, during her keynote remarks at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division...more
3/19/2024
/ Asset Recovery ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Pilot Programs ,
Self-Reporting ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its False Claims Act (FCA) statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Using DOJ’s FY 2023 Data Table and our analysis from previous years, MoFo’s FCA team...more
2/27/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Advantage ,
SBA ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
1/4/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Internal Investigations ,
Patient Referrals ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular
On October 17, 2023, during a speech at the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement held at the New York University School of Law, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Director of Enforcement, Ian McGinley,...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
10/11/2023
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Causation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DFARS ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Failure to Monitor ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
NIST ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Management ,
SCOTUS ,
State Grants ,
TRICARE ,
Whistleblowers
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
7/31/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Defense Contracts ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Medicare ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Qui Tam ,
SCOTUS ,
United States ex rel Polansky v Executive Health Resources Inc ,
US ex rel Tracy Schutte et al v SuperValu Inc et al
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
4/11/2023
/ Amicus Briefs ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Bribery ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Popular ,
Qui Tam
On March 3, 2023, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., the Assistant Attorney General (“AAG”) of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced the launch of the Division’s Pilot Program on Compensation...more
Key Takeaways-
On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) policy applicable to all 94 U.S. Attorney’s Offices across the United States and its...more
On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its fiscal year (FY) 2022 False Claims Act (FCA) statistics. Utilizing DOJ’s FY 2022 Data Table and comparing back to our FY 2021 coverage, MoFo’s FCA team...more
2/15/2023
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Devices ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Qui Tam ,
Subcontractors ,
Whistleblowers
On December 27, 2022, in United States v. Blaszczak (“Blaszczak II”), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit called into question what constitutes “property” in cases of securities fraud, wire fraud and theft of...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
1/6/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
Medicaid ,
NIST ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Whistleblowers
On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced new guidance and policies regulating corporate criminal enforcement. The new policies emphasize that DOJ will not...more
9/19/2022
/ Attorney General ,
Clawbacks ,
Corporate Cooperation Credits ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
New Guidance ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Voluntary Disclosure