Aug 26, 2024 | Copyright Infringement
A group of authors filed a lawsuit against AI company Anthropic alleging that Anthropic infringed on their copyrights by using their works to train its AI models without permission. The lawsuit was initiated by several prominent authors, including Michael Chabon,...
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
Humana Inc., a major player in the healthcare and insurance sectors, has agreed to a $90 million settlement to resolve allegations of Medicare fraud. The False Claims Act lawsuit in question was filed in 2016 by a whistleblower on behalf of the government and involved...
Aug 22, 2024 | Copyright Infringement, Trademark Enforcement, Trademark Protection
he family of Isaac Hayes is the latest addition to the list of musical artists threatening a copyright infringement lawsuit against presidential candidate Donald Trump. The Hayes family issued a notice to Trump demanding that his campaign pay $3 million in licensing...
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that West Coast Dental Administrative Services LLC and its owners/founders, Drs. Soleyman Cohen-Sedgh, Farid Pakravan, and Farhad Manavi (West Coast Dental), have paid $6.3 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by...
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
On August 20, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Intrepid U.S.A. Inc., headquartered in Dallas, along with its various wholly-owned subsidiaries, has agreed to pay $3.85 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act. These allegations involved...
Aug 18, 2024 | False Claims Act, PPP Investigations
On August 15, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that a Calabasas-based law firm, The Bloom Firm, and two members of the firm’s senior management, had agreed to pay $274,000 to settle allegations that...
Aug 18, 2024 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On August 16, 2024, the plaintiff’s law firm Phillips & Cohen announced that health insurance giant Humana agreed to pay $90 Million to settle a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit filed under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). According to the law firm’s...
Aug 13, 2024 | Criminal Matters
The high-profile RICO trial involving rapper Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, and several associates resumed on August 12, 2024 in Fulton County, after an eight-week delay. The trial, which began in January 2023, centers on allegations that Young Thug’s music label,...
Aug 13, 2024 | Health Care
On August 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Eric Moesle, in Pataskala, Ohio. Mosele, an office manager for Elemental Dental, pleaded guilty to charges related to failing to pay over $750,000 in employment taxes and not filing the necessary...
Aug 13, 2024 | Zoning and Land Use
The State of Georgia recently enacted laws to create a regulatory framework around the manufacturing, purchase, and sale of consumable hemp products. The new state laws clarify that businesses are permitted to sell, and consumers may purchase, “consumable hemp...
