May 14, 2024 | Copyright Infringement
Earlier this year, we wrote about the Supreme Court’s questioning of a record company’s bid to cap damages for copyright infringement occurring more than three years before the filing of suit. On May 9, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of plaintiff Sherman...
May 8, 2024 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On May 2nd, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that an opioid manufacturer was ordered to pay $1.086 billion in criminal fines and an additional $450 million in criminal forfeiture for violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This marks the...
May 8, 2024 | Government Investigations
On May 2nd, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lengthy sentence in a case involving the unlawful distribution of opioids. Thomas Romano, a 74-year-old resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, owned and operated a pain management clinic in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio....
May 8, 2024 | Government Investigations
Whistleblower regulations are evolving, and at the core of this evolution are programs designed to incentivize individuals to alert authorities when inappropriate actions have taken place. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken another step to incentivize...
May 8, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ reached a settlement with Baptist Health System Inc. (Baptist Health) to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Baptist Health is a not-for-profit Florida parent corporation for a network of hospitals and medical providers that submit...
