May 20, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Contract, Government Investigations
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has been used since the Civil War to punish government contractors who submit false or fraudulent claims for payment to government agencies. The typical FCA case involves a physician submitting false claims for reimbursement to...
May 19, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On May 16, 2025, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that it had reached a False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with Florida-based ophthalmology practice Gulfcoast Eye Care. The government alleged that Gulfcoast...
May 19, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On May 16, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York announced that Buffalo-based Catholic Health System (CHS) agreed to pay $3.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). According to local news...
May 13, 2025 | Criminal Matters, DOJ, Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, who heads the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal division, released a memo addressed to all criminal division personnel entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime.”...
May 11, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On May 9, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that pharmaceutical manufacturer Assertio Therapeutics had agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false claims...
May 8, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Earlier this year, Chilivis Grubman founding partner Scott Grubman wrote an article for the Georgia State Bar Health Law Section’s Newsletter, wherein he discussed the continued fight over the constitutionality of the False Claims Act’s (FCA) qui tam (or...
May 7, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Affairs
On May 5, 2025, the Department of Justice (U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York) announced that CoreLife Eatery — a popular chain that operates restaurants in several states — agreed to pay over $7.8 million to resolve...
May 7, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On May 5, 2025, the Department of Justice (United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California) announced that San Jose-based robotics/AI company Vimaan Robotics agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False...
May 6, 2025 | Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
From a land use perspective, the revival of the Forge Atlanta project—reported by Urbanize Atlanta—marks a significant shift in the trajectory of downtown development. Once stalled in foreclosure, the site is now under contract by Forge Atlanta Asset Management, an...
May 6, 2025 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that a federal jury convicted nurse practitioner Shanone Chatman-Ashley of five counts of health care fraud. The convictions stem from Chatman-Ashley’s role in a $2 million Medicare fraud scheme. According to evidence presented at trial,...
