Aug 24, 2022 | Election Law
Previously we wrote about a candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), Patty Durand, who faced possible removal from the ballot because her PSC district (District 2) was redrawn to exclude the county in which she resided less than one year before the...
Aug 24, 2022 | Restrictive Covenants
Restrictive covenants have received relatively intense scrutiny by courts in recent years, as lawmakers seek to balance employers’ and employees’ respective rights—restrictive covenants acknowledge that employers invest time and monetary resources in their employees’...
Aug 24, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On August 23, the Department of Justice announced a Tennessee state representative and his former chief of staff were arrested at their homes on criminal charges of conspiracy to commit theft from programs receiving federal funds; bribery and kickbacks concerning...
Aug 24, 2022 | False Claims Act
The Department of Justice just announced that Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI) and Dodge City Community College (DC3) have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA). It was alleged that UHI and DC3 falsely certified...
Aug 17, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Ruan v. United States that clarified the mens rea requirement for those who manufacture, distribute, or dispense drugs and are subsequently prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act, specifically 21 U.S.C....
Aug 17, 2022 | federal investigations
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was part of the CARES Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the PPP, the federal government made billions of dollars in forgivable loans to businesses that met certain criteria. COVID relief fund fraud has been a focus...
Aug 17, 2022 | White Collar Crime
With prescription drug abuse on the rise across the nation, there has been an apparent increase in the number of “pill mills” or clinics that prescribe controlled substances with little to no medical reasoning or examination. These clinics attract drug addicts and...
Aug 9, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On August 5, President Biden signed two bills into law that extend to ten years the statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement actions for fraud on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These are programs...
Aug 9, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ just announced the conviction of, Jaroslava Ruiz, for her role in a scheme that defrauded private health insurers of approximately $34.6 million. Ruiz, of Chapel Hill, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and 10...
