Mar 13, 2023 | Health Care Fraud
On March 10, a federal jury convicted former physician, Frederick Gooding, 71, of Wilmington, Delaware, for his role in a $5 million health care fraud scheme. Gooding first worked as a medical practitioner in Delaware from 1996 to 2013. In 2010, the Delaware medical...
Mar 8, 2023 | False Claims Act
Due to inflationary pressures, on January 30, 2023, the Department of Justice increased penalties for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) for the second time in less than a year. As of January 30, 2023, the minimum penalty for a FCA violation is now $13,508, up...
Mar 8, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the first insider trading prosecution based exclusively on Rule 10b5-1 Trading plans. As stated plainly in a Harvard Law School post, “Rule 10b5-1 plans are passive investment schemes (plan holders relinquish...
Mar 6, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On October 14, 2022, a federal jury convicted the former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Watershed Management, Jo Ann Macrina, of conspiracy and federal program bribery for accepting bribes from an Atlanta contractor in exchange for steering city business worth...
Feb 27, 2023 | Election Law
Last December, U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert granted a preliminary injunction to two nonprofit entities, one a 501(c)(3) and another a 501(c)(4), that challenged the enforcement of Georgia’s campaign finance laws against the entities. The injunction...
Feb 23, 2023 | Government Investigations
On February 22, federal prosecutors unveiled a new policy to incentivize and encourage companies to disclose misconduct by its employees or agents. The new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, which is effective immediately, details the...
Feb 17, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On March 16, 2022, a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, returned an indictment charging two individuals and four companies with participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs sold on the Amazon Marketplace. On February 13, the...
Feb 14, 2023 | Government Affairs, Government Contract
On February 9, 2023, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause denied a motion filed by the Georgia First Amendment Foundation (GFAF) to unseal the record of the protest proceedings concerning Georgia’s application process for awarding licenses to companies...
Feb 14, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that twenty-three individuals were charged for their alleged participation in a large Medicare fraud scheme. The alleged scheme involved patient recruiters, physicians, at least one lab, and two...