Jun 28, 2022 | False Claims Act
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the Polansky v. Executive Health Resources Inc., No. 19-3810 (3d Cir. Oct. 28, 2021) matter and is expected to resolve circuit splits on whether the government has authority to dismiss a relator’s qui tam action pursuant to...
Jun 28, 2022 | toxic tort
The Northern District of Georgia announced that Amin Ali, the owner of Goldstar Investment Group LLC, 7 Days Property Management Inc., and Rock Springs Farming LLC, has pleaded guilty to disposal of hazardous waste without a permit. According to court documents, in...
Jun 22, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Lazaro Hernandez, of Miami, was charged with conspiracy to deliver into interstate commerce adulterated and misbranded drugs, conspiracy to traffic in medical products with false documentation, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and specific...
Jun 22, 2022 | Government Contract
In 2020, the Georgia General Assembly proposed a constitutional amendment that would allow Georgians to more easily challenge the constitutionality of state laws and actions. The amendment, which voters overwhelmingly supported, waived sovereign immunity (otherwise...
Jun 17, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On June 10, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced the indictment by a federal grand jury of a former physician’s assistant, Theresa Pickering, in connection with alleged health care fraud, identity theft, and illegal...
Jun 8, 2022 | False Claims Act
On June 2, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia announced that a Middle District Judge had ruled in the government’s favor against Middle Georgia Family Rehab in a case involving allegedly false claims submitted to TRICARE and...
Jun 8, 2022 | Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that Kateline Lavache, a family nurse practitioner of Hampton, Georgia, was arrested June 1st for her role in a health care fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Lavache and her co-conspirators allegedly prescribed medically unnecessary durable...
Jun 6, 2022 | SEC Investigations
On May 31, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had charged SCWorx Corp. and its former Chief Executive Officer with making false and misleading statements about SCWorx’s plans to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits in April 2020. The SEC alleges...
