Jul 13, 2020 | Business Litigation
Women of color lawyers are far more likely to leave the profession than their white colleagues according to a recent report by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, Left Out and Left Behind: The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal...
Jul 9, 2020 | Employment Law
On July 7, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced new mediation and conciliation pilot programs designed to increase voluntary resolutions of discrimination charges. Mediation Pilot Program Under the traditional mediation program,...
Jul 6, 2020 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
On June 26, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated part of a $348 million verdict awarded pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA). The court also held that a qui tam plaintiff may have standing to bring an FCA claim even after entering into a litigation...
Jul 2, 2020 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
On July 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced two separate settlements with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Novartis”), totaling more than $729 million, involving allegations that Novartis paid kickbacks to doctors and patients. In the first...
Jun 29, 2020 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care
Last week, two Georgia U.S. Attorney’s Offices announced multi-million dollar False Claims Act (FCA) settlements with major health systems. First, on June 24, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced that Augusta University Medical...
Jun 15, 2020 | Government Investigations
Though it seems like the school year just ended, some school districts in the metro Atlanta area will resume in only seven weeks. Needless to say, many aspects of schools and the school year will look different when students return for the 2020-2021 academic year....
Jun 15, 2020 | Employment Law
On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. The Court consolidated three cases involving allegations that employees were fired for being homosexual or transgender in violation of Title...
