DOJ Signals Tariff-Evasion Enforcement Wave
On December 3, 2025, a Department of Justice official previewed significant developments in how the Trade Fraud Task Force brings criminal cases for alleged tariff ...
OIG Hones In On Remote Patient Monitoring
In the latest of a series of guidances and alerts regarding remote patient monitoring (“RPM”) services, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office ...
Court Upholds $290 Million FCA Judgment, Ruling That Assessed Damages and Penalties Were Constitutionality Appropriate
In U.S. ex rel. Behnke v. CVS Caremark Corp. et al., No. 14-cv-824 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 19, 2025), the court upheld a final judgment of ...
What to DOGE about Fraud, Waste, and Abuse?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the headlines. “Department of Defense pays $32,000 to replace 25 coffee cups.” “Boeing overcharges Air Force ...
Courts Affirm Constitutionality of FCA Qui Tam Provision
On September 30, 2024, Judge Kathryn Mizelle in the Middle District of Florida granted a defense motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed an ...
UPMC, head of cardiothoracic surgery will pay $8.5M to feds to settle lawsuit
“Patients don’t know their doctors are serving two masters.” UPMC, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon there and a physicians group will pay the federal government $8.5 ...
“Conscientious Objectors” to Arbitration Policies Can Proceed in Federal Court
The Third Circuit allows two employees to sue their employer in court even though the company’s dispute resolution policy requires binding arbitration because they objected ...
Third Circuit Rules That Paid Meal Breaks Do Not Offset FLSA Overtime Liability
On October 7, 2016, the Third Circuit underscored the need for employers to compensate all hours worked by non-exempt employees even when employers pay employees ...
NINTH CIRCUIT DEEPENS CIRCUIT SPLIT ON ENFORCEABILITY OF EMPLOYEE CLASS ACTIONS WAIVERS
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Employers Cannot Require Employees to Individually Arbitrate Claims By Way of “Separate Proceedings.” OVERVIEW In late August 2016, a ...
SECOND CIRCUIT IMPOSES ADDITIONAL LIMITS ON CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR OFF-LABEL STATEMENTS BY DRUG MANUFACTURERS
Off-label statements and conduct of pharmaceutical manufacturers that rise to the level of misbranding under the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act are not protected by ...
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