Dec 11, 2025 | Criminal Matters, False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire announced that telehealth company LifeWorks Counseling Associates and its owner Dr. David Ferruolo had agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False...
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...
Oct 5, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 26, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that device manufacturer Semler Scientific had agreed to pay nearly $30 million, and its former distributor Bard Peripheral Vascular had agreed to pay an additional $7.2 million, in connection with the...
Sep 17, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 16, 2025, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that knee implant manufacturer Exactech Inc. had agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The press release...
Sep 12, 2025 | Atlanta News, Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
According to Urbanize Atlanta, national developer Crescent Heights has begun work on a rare type of Atlanta project: converting an entire apartment building into for-sale condominiums. The 17-story property at 2460 Peachtree Road, long operated as The 2460 Peachtree...
Sep 9, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a report expressing “major” fraud, waste, and abuse concerns related to skin substitutes billed to Medicare Part B. According to...
