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Investigations Newsletter: Precision Lens Pays $12 Million to Resolve FCA and AKS Violations

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Precision Lens Pays $12 Million to Resolve FCA and AKS Violations - Late last week, Precision Lens and the estate of its former principal agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations regarding violations of the False...more

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Pennsylvania Expands Use and Reimbursement of Telemedicine and Bans Noncompete Agreements for Certain Health Care Practitioners

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In July 2024, Pennsylvania enacted two significant pieces of legislation relating to telemedicine and physician noncompetition agreements that will have a meaningful impact within the healthcare delivery system with the...more

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PBM Update: Special Edition - FTC 6(b) Interim Staff Report and Activity

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Office of Policy Planning released an Interim Staff Report titled Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies (the Interim...more

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Colorado Amends Non-Compete Law To Address Potential Abuses of Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPS)

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On May 31, 2024, the Governor of Colorado signed House Bill 24-1324, titled “Attorney General Restrictive Employment Agreements,” putting into place a law to toughen protections for employees who are subject to abusive...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 2nd - 3rd, Chicago, IL

ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - January 2024

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Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision.  On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer...more

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NLRB Files Complaint Over Employer's Use of Noncompetes and Reimbursement Requirements

Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel released a memorandum taking the position that many employers’ use of noncompetition and related agreements violates the National Labor Relations Act by...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Former NBA Player Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud

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Former NBA Player Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud - Terrence Williams, a former NBA player, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the NBA’s Health and...more

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Supreme Court FCA Decision and NLRB GC Memo on Non-Competes

Two important decisions, one by the United States Supreme Court and one by the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), were issued this week and may be of interest to government contractors and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Would the FTC's Noncompete Ban Prohibit Signing and Relocation Bonus Clawbacks?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported that it had received over 25,000 comments on its proposal to ban employment noncompetition agreements. Most of the discussion over the proposal involves traditional...more

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Fraudulent Global Sweepstakes Repays $25 Million to Consumers

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The FTC will disburse $25 million to consumers across the world following its joint settlement with the Missouri AG to resolve allegations that a network of companies and individuals (collectively “Next-Gen”) operated a...more

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AD-ttorneys@law – April 2021 #1

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Instagram Macher Facing Wire Fraud Charges Over Bitcoin - “Jay Mazini” was raking in the virtual currency but didn’t bother paying for it, Feds say …Or Lie Tryin’ - A famous playwright once noted that if you tell an audience...more

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ACCC 47th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS): Positive Disruption in the COVID-19 ERA – Part 3

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The ACCC 47th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS) took place virtually, March 1-5. The Summit serves the prominent thought leadership forum and annual conference on matters of policy, business strategies,...more

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FTC Under New Management | First Assertion Of The BOTS Act | Ash Cleanup Costs Redistributed

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Breaking News- New Leadership at the FTC- •President Joseph R. Biden designated Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as Acting Chair of the FTC . •As Commissioner, Chairwoman...more

McDermott Will & Emery

THE LATEST: Washington Attorney General Seeks Disgorgement of Profits Resulting from Two Transactions between Health System and...

On August 31, 2017, the Attorney General of Washington filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that two transactions harmed competition for healthcare on the...more

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Members of Ophthalmologist Group Charged with Illegal Boycott of Health Plan

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An ophthalmologist cooperative in Puerto Rico settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last week that it orchestrated an illegal boycott of a health plan. The FTC alleged that the cooperative urged its...more

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