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...
May 7, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
In recent blog posts, we have written about the risk of government scrutiny that comes with receipt of paycheck protection program (PPP) funds under the CARES Act. For example, on April 7, we wrote about the creation of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic...
Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law
As everyone already likely knows by now, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) provided for nearly $350 billion to small businesses via the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). After PPP funding ran out of funds in less than two weeks,...
