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TRADEMARK FILING BASICS- A Brief Overview

Apr 3, 2024 | Trademark Enforcement, Trademark Protection

What is a trademark?  A trademark serves as a distinctive marker for your brand’s products and services, setting them apart from competitors. It encompasses various elements such as your business name, product moniker, slogan, emblem, or visual design....

Hospice Owner and His Biller sentenced to Prison in Hospice Fraud Case

Apr 3, 2024 | Health Care Fraud

On March 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Gayk Akhsharumov, the owner of two California-based hospice companies, along with his biller and consultant, Karen Sarkisyan, for their alleged involvement in activities that the DOJ claims...

Federal Judge Orders CMS to Produce the Entire Universe of Claims in Provider’s Overpayment Challenge

Mar 29, 2024 | General

On March 5, 2024, a South Carolina District Court judge ordered CMS to produce the complete universe of claims, which included zero-paid claims data, in a provider’s due process challenge to an extrapolated overpayment.  In Goose Creek Physical Med., LLC v. Becerra,...

Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician Face up to 30 Years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud

Mar 29, 2024 | Health Care Fraud

Ohio pharmacist, Nathanael Thompson, and pharmacy technician, Sanam Ahmad, have been convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and two counts of defrauding Medicaid for their roles in a $2.3 million scheme. Thompson owned four pharmacies in...

Operator of Darknet Cryptocurrency “Mixer” Convicted in $400M Money Laundering Case

Mar 29, 2024 | Government Investigations

On March 12, a federal jury in Washington, D.C., unanimously found Roman Sterlingov, a dual Russian-Swedish national, guilty on all charges related to his involvement with Bitcoin Fog, which operated as a bitcoin mixing service on the darknet.  Sterlingov was involved...

Nurse Practitioner “Rock Doc” Sentenced to 20 Years for Illegally Prescribing Opioids

Mar 26, 2024 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime

The DOJ announced that Jeffrey W. Young Jr., a Tennessee nurse practitioner known as the “Rock Doc,” has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids. Young, along with two doctors, was indicted in April 2019 for allegedly prescribing...

Attorney Indicted on Charges of Tax Evasion and Willful Failure to Pay Taxes

Mar 26, 2024 | Federal Tax Investigations

On March 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted California attorney Milton C. Grimes in connection with allegations that he owes the IRS more than $1.7 million in taxes for tax years 2010 and 2014.  According to...

Georgia Sues Federal Government in Defense of Expensive Medicaid Expansion Program

Mar 26, 2024 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care

Governor Brian Kemp’s conservative alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion has proven to be a costly endeavor that has provided minimal medical care coverage to Georgia enrollees. The Georgia Pathways to Coverage plan (“Pathways”) places a...

The Consequences of Missing Traffic Court: Exploring Failure to Appear for Citations

Mar 26, 2024 | General

In Georgia, failing to appear for traffic citations can have serious repercussions, with consequences extending beyond immediate fines. While there’s no specific statute of limitations for such failures, the legal process outlined in O.C.G.A. § 17-6-11 provides...

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Decision to Block Portion of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act

Mar 18, 2024 | Civil Matters

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a decision blocking Florida from prohibiting employers from conducting mandatory workplace DEI training under its Stop WOKE Act, a/k/a Individual Freedom Act, Fla. Stat. § 760.10(8)(a).  In Honeyfund.com Inc. v....
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