Jun 14, 2024 | Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On June 13, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the founder and CEO of a California-based telehealth company, as well as the company’s clinical president, were charged in what the feds are calling a fraud worth over $100 million. According to the indictment,...
May 14, 2024 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act
On May 13, the Department of Justice announced that now-bankrupt financial technology company Kabbage Inc. (d/b/a KServicing) has agreed to pay $120 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by “knowingly submitting...
May 13, 2024 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Baptist Health System, a Florida-based hospital system, agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by offering improper discounts to federal health care...
Apr 24, 2024 | Business Litigation, Employment Law
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule which bans noncompete clauses for all but a few employees. If the rule goes into effect, even existing noncompetes for the vast majority of American workers would be deemed unenforceable. The...
Apr 22, 2024 | White Collar Crime
In 1997, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of United States v. Watts. The police in Watts discovered cocaine and guns in the defendant’s house. At trial, Watts was convicted of possessing cocaine, but acquitted of using a firearm in relation to a...
