Nov 24, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On November 21, 2025, the DOJ announced that a national wound care practice and its owner had agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly causing the submission of false or improper claims to the Medicare...
Nov 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On November 17, 2025, the DOJ announced that knee implant manufacturer Aesculap agreed to pay $38.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) that it sold a knee-replacement device (the VEGA System Knee System) which it alleged the company knew...
Nov 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On November 17, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that CVS Pharmacy had agreed to pay $18,282,280 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the California’s False Claims Act by billing the...
Nov 18, 2025 | Drug Policy Law, Hemp & Cannabis, Hemp and Cannabis
Last week, Congress passed a major federal funding bill designed to reopen the government; but tucked inside the legislation is a sweeping change to federal hemp policy that could upend a multibillion-dollar industry and reshape how products derived from the hemp...
Oct 14, 2025 | Civil Matters, Defamation
In a decision that blends pop culture, constitutional law, and the outer edges of defamation doctrine, United States District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the Southern District of New York dismissed rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham’s high-profile lawsuit against his...
