Feb 18, 2025 | Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
Adaptive reuse is revitalizing U.S. cities by repurposing underutilized buildings. Initially popularized by Los Angeles in 1999, it has surged post-COVID as remote work leaves office buildings vacant. In 2024, over 55,000 housing units emerged from office conversions,...
Feb 17, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
The DOJ announced that SVCMC Inc., formerly known as Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers of New York (SVCMC), will pay $29 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. According to the DOJ, the medical center knowingly retained...
Feb 17, 2025 | Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
A federal jury has found a New York doctor guilty of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that led to the submission of over $24 million in false claims to Medicare. Dr. Alexander Baldonado, 69, of Queens, was convicted for his role in ordering medically unnecessary...
Feb 11, 2025 | Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
The Piedmont Park Conservancy is updating its comprehensive plan for the first time in 25 years and is seeking community input to shape the future of Atlanta’s most popular green space. Proposed improvements include a new boardwalk around Lake Clara Meer, additional...
Feb 11, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that four pharmacists have been sentenced for their roles in a massive healthcare fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan out of over $13 million. The pharmacists will now face prison sentences ranging...
Feb 11, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On February 6, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that four pharmacists were sentenced in connection with a $13 million health care fraud case involving Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The individuals received varying sentences...
Feb 10, 2025 | Health Care Fraud
Dr. Adrian Dexter Talbot, a 59-year-old physician from Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for his involvement in an illegal drug distribution scheme. Talbot was found guilty of conspiring to distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule...
Feb 10, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On January 31, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14173, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“EO”). The stated purpose of the EO “is to ensure that [the federal government enforces civil rights laws] by...
Feb 4, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
In a recent case, Petros Fichidzhyan, a 43-year-old man from Granada Hills, California, has pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in connection with a fraudulent scheme that deceived Medicare out of more than...
