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...
Sep 2, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Trade Law
We have written previously (here, here, and here) about a marked increase in cusoms-related fraud enforcement, particularly in light of the current administration’s focus on increased tariffs on imported goods. This enforcement has included both criminal charges...
Aug 20, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract
On August 19, 2025, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office had filed a lawsuit under the Florida False Claims Act (FCA) against textbook publishers McGraw Hill and Savvas Learning Company. According to the state, the defendants failed to...
