Oct 22, 2020 | DOJ, General, Government Investigations
Yesterday, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a landmark antitrust case against Google, accusing the tech giant of disadvantaging competitors through a network of allegedly exclusionary business deals regarding searching and online advertising. Eleven states –...
Oct 20, 2020 | Government Investigations, Health Care, White Collar Crime
The False Claims Act has long been considered one of the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) most powerful tools for preventing wrongdoing in the healthcare industry. However, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division has been actively investigating anti-competitive behavior in the...
Oct 14, 2020 | Election Law
As voters in Georgia go to the polls starting this week for early voting and continue to vote by absentee ballot, voters will be asked to consider three amendments to the Georgia constitution. Georgia’s constitution has been amended 87 times since Georgians adopted...
Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act
On October 8, 2020, New York City (“NYC”) filed a lawsuit against several South Florida entities and individuals (“South Florida defendants”) and a Chinese company for allegedly failing to procure ventilators which were promised during the peak of the city’s battle...
