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Episode 333 -- The Boeing Proposed Plea Agreement
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
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Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
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Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
The Justice Insiders Podcast: DOJ’s Cacophony of Whistles
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Private equity investment in health care has grown significantly over the past two decades, and the US government is starting to pay attention. Recent announcements by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and proposals by...more
Senate testimony focusing on the impact of the rising presence of private equity (PE) firms’ control of major healthcare providers touched on the “substantial overlap between the risks associated with private equity ownership...more
2023 was another record year for False Claims Act enforcement. On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the federal government and whistleblowers were party to a record number of FCA...more
In the latest edition of our False Claims Act Guide: 2023 and the road ahead, we analyze the key developments from 2023 and discuss how the most important cases and issues are shaping FCA enforcement now and in the year to...more
Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations and Health Care Litigation groups review the Department of Justice’s False Claims Act enforcement efforts from 2022 and look forward to what comes next....more
Record Settlement in a Declined Case - While defendants typically breathe a sigh of relief when the Department of Justice (DOJ) declines to intervene in a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) case, a more favorable outcome is by...more
Recent developments demonstrate that sponsor-backed companies in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, and in some instances private equity firms and professionals, have entered a new era of heightened regulatory scrutiny...more
On October 14, 2021, the Massachusetts Attorney General (MA AG) announced a $25 million settlement with South Bay Mental Health Center, Inc.’s (SBMHC) private equity owner and two former executives for allegedly causing false...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has settled six qui tam lawsuits brought in various jurisdictions by whistleblowers against a private equity firm and its portfolio healthcare companies. ...more
On March 3, 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr announced the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which aimed to “bring justice to those owners and operators who have profited at the expense of...more
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) will focus its civil enforcement activity on fraud and other illegal actions relating to COVID-19, including with respect to CARES Act stimulus programs and consumer products marketed for use...more
Private Equity firms face risk from whistleblowers within their portfolio companies. There are some industries that are more susceptible to whistleblower risk, such as health care, telecom and military contracts....more
Private equity firms have recently become targets of False Claims Act (FCA) liability. This new risk exposure comes from portfolio companies that do business with the government, which necessarily exposes those portfolio...more
In two prior posts [Government Files Amended FCA Complaint Against Private Equity Firm and its Portfolio Company and DOJ Intervention in Healthcare Fraud Case Highlights Potential Risks for Private Equity Firms], we wrote...more
Private equity firms investing in healthcare should take note of increasing False Claims Act (FCA) scrutiny by the government and whistleblowers. In two recent cases, the government has demonstrated a willingness to pursue...more
In March 2018, White and Williams issued an alert covering the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) intervention in the False Claims Act (FCA) case United States ex rel. Medrano v. Diabetic Care RX, LLC, No. 15 Civ. 62617 (S.D....more
On September 18, 2019, the Department of Justice announced a $21.36 million settlement to resolve a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit alleging a fraudulent kickback scheme through which a pharmaceutical company (Patient Care...more
DOJ settlement signals need for enhanced False Claims Act scrutiny. Private funds continue to face heightened secondary liability risks arising from their portfolio investments....more
On September 18, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $21.36 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Patient Care America (PCA), as well as PCA’s Chief Executive, PCA’s former Vice President of Operations,...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it has agreed to a $21.36 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA), private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden...more
On March 18, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amended complaint-in-intervention in the False Claims Act (FCA) case against Diabetic Care Rx, LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA); two of PCA’s executives; and the...more
A recent complaint by the US Department of Justice against private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden signals that such firms could be a new class of defendants in False Claims Act cases. Private equity firms are thus...more
DOJ’s intervention against PE firm defendant may signal increased exposure for PE firms under the False Claims Act. Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued a private equity (PE) firm in a False Claims...more
Private equity firms with portfolio health care entities should stay informed of federal regulations or risk allegations of Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act violations in regards to their platform and portfolio...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has intervened in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case against a Florida compounding pharmacy, Diabetic Care Rx, LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (“PCA”), and, in an unexpected move,...more