Jan 15, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
In April 2020, CG attorneys wrote about the increased risk of government scrutiny for recipients of the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which initially provided over $349 billion in forgivable PPP loans to small businesses. As Congress authorized hundreds...
Dec 22, 2020 | False Claims Act
In July 2020, CG attorneys discussed two settlements by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for $729 million involving allegations that Novartis paid kickbacks to doctors and patients. One settlement involved Novartis agreeing to pay $51.25 million to resolve...
Dec 10, 2020 | False Claims Act
On December 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of the False Claims Act Working Group (FCA Working Group). The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has remained one of the federal government’s top tools to investigate and...
Dec 2, 2020 | False Claims Act
On November 6, 2020, a D.C. District Court judge ruled that a whistleblower bringing a suit under the False Claims Act (FCA) need not allege “materiality” when relying on the “fraud in the inducement” theory of falsity. Over the years, Congress and federal agencies...
Nov 20, 2020 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Medicare and Medicaid
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) imposes liability for treble damages and civil penalties on “any person who [among other things] … knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment” to the federal government or who...
Nov 11, 2020 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
A chain of charter schools based in Chicago has agreed to pay a $4.5 million civil fine to close a federal corruption investigation that first came into public view in June 2014. In its statement announcing the settlement, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) accused...
