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...
Feb 13, 2023 | False Claims Act
On February 7, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published its annual False Claims Act (FCA) statistics covering FY2022 recoveries (ending September 30, 2022). And although the data shows a drop-off from 2021 in some key areas, it would be misleading to describe...
Jan 31, 2023 | False Claims Act
Philip Esformes (Esformes) is a former Florida nursing home mogul who was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in 2020 after being found guilty of healthcare fraud. In the last days of his presidency, former president Donald Trump commuted Esformes’ prison sentence....
Jan 24, 2023 | False Claims Act
On January 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that DePuy Synthes, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, agreed to pay $9.75 million to settle allegations it, through former sales representatives, improperly paid kickbacks to a surgeon in...
Jan 17, 2023 | False Claims Act
Last week, the United States Supreme Court consolidated and agreed to hear two False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam cases out of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The issue in those cases is whether and when a defendant’s contemporaneous subjective understanding or...
Jan 17, 2023 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Advanced Bionics LLC, a California-based manufacturer of cochlear implant system devices, had agreed to pay more than $12 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) when it...
