May 28, 2019 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Atlas EnergyThe U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Astellas Pharma US Inc. (Astellas) and Amgen Inc. (Amgen) will pay a combined total of almost $125 million to settle various allegations that the companies illegally paid Medicare copays for their own...
May 28, 2019 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Atlas EnergyEarlier this month, the Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance regarding how the DOJ will award credit to companies that cooperate during a False Claims Act (FCA) investigation. This new guidance was incorporated into the DOJ’s...
Apr 25, 2019 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
On April 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had criminally charged sixty people in seven states throughout Appalachia for allegations related to the prescription and distribution of opioids and other controlled substances. Fifty-three of...
Jun 26, 2018 | White Collar Crime
Signature Healthcare, a Kentucky-based company that operates over 100 skilled nursing facilities in multiple states, recently reached an agreement to pay more than $30 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary...
Sep 22, 2017 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
On September 19, 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced at a news conference that Attorneys General from 41 states have joined together to investigate major pharmaceutical companies over the production and distribution of opioids. The joint...
Nov 18, 2015 | Administrative Law, Business Litigation, White Collar Crime
The obligatory rules set in place to oversee the ethics and professionalism of Georgia attorneys is ruled by the State Bar of Georgia. The last thing an attorney wants to acknowledge is the risk of being brought before the Bar and questioned on how a specific case was...
