May 14, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On Wednesday, May 13, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced another federal prosecution for alleged PPP loan fraud. This time the defendant is Maurice Fayne, who is also known as “Arkansas Mo” and stars in the reality show...
May 12, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Health Care
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its “interim final rule” updating requirements for notification of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases among residents and staff in nursing homes. Among other...
May 12, 2020 | Cyber Law, Health Care, HIPAA
On May 5, HHS’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued guidance on covered healthcare providers and restrictions on media access to Protected Health Information (“PHI”) about individuals in their facilities. In its guidance, OCR reminded...
May 9, 2020 | Government Investigations
As “social distancing” was just beginning to permeate the national discourse, two FINRA member firms were in the throes of a high stakes arbitration involving allegations of fraud, breach of contract and violation of the standards of commercial honor and principles of...
May 7, 2020 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
On May 7, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the convictions of two former New Jersey public officials who were convicted as part of the “Bridgegate” scandal. As laid out by the Court, the defendants – Bridget Anne Kelly, Deputy Chief of Staff for...
