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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Mar 18, 2024 | False Claims Act
The United States filed a complaint against the six health plans participating in the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP), which offers health services to the military community, for violating the False Claims Act. According to the Complaint, Brighton...
Mar 18, 2024 | Copyright Infringement
Last month the Supreme Court expressed skepticism towards a record company’s bid to cap copyright infringement damages. The case is Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Neely, No. 22-1078, on appeal from the Eleventh Circuit, Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 60 F.4th...
Mar 18, 2024 | Variances, Zoning and Land Use
For many property owners, it is surprising to learn that the federal and local governments have the ability to determine how one can use certain types of property. In most jurisdictions there are typically strict rules regarding what one can and cannot do with their...
