Feb 4, 2021 | SEC Investigations
Over the past few weeks, the internet has been awash with news of a wild rise in the stock prices of publicly traded companies, most notably GameStop and AMC Theaters. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the market for securities, one might suspect that this...
Feb 4, 2021 | White Collar Crime
In separate press releases on January 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced charges against seven individuals involved in two schemes to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds provided by the CARES Act. Under the CARES Act, emergency financial...
Feb 1, 2021 | Business Litigation
In the face of government mandated closures or significantly reduced business due to COVID-19, business have and continue to be under significant financial pressure. Many have turned to their insurers for relief, invoking business interruption insurance policies....
Jan 19, 2021 | False Claims Act
In a press release on January 14, the U.S. Department of Justice released its False Claims Act Statistics for Fiscal Year 2020. In total, the federal government recovered over $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from False Claims Act cases brought against...
Dec 29, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, White Collar Crime
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nearly everyone to drastically alter how they once did things, including the justice system. Many aspects of the criminal justice system are now conducted virtually, including but not limited to arraignments, bond revocation hearings,...
