Oct 20, 2020 | Government Investigations, Health Care, White Collar Crime
The False Claims Act has long been considered one of the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) most powerful tools for preventing wrongdoing in the healthcare industry. However, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division has been actively investigating anti-competitive behavior in the...
Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act
On October 8, 2020, New York City (“NYC”) filed a lawsuit against several South Florida entities and individuals (“South Florida defendants”) and a Chinese company for allegedly failing to procure ventilators which were promised during the peak of the city’s battle...
Oct 8, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law
In response to COVID-19, the Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, Justice Melton, issued a statewide judicial state of emergency in March, which suspended all in-person jury trials. Nearly 6 months have passed without jury trials, and the backlog of cases has...
