Compliance & EnforcementResources
ArchiveResources
1,265 articles from the Compliance & Enforcement Brief.
Articles
🔒 Members Only · Compliance & Enforcement BriefYou’ve reached the member portion of this brief.Members read the full analysis and the source documents in every Brief, six days a week.
Materiality Inquiry Focuses on Likely Reaction of Government to the Receipt of False Claims, Not Mindset of Defendant; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit No. 19-3011, U.S. ex rel. Stacey L. Janssen v. Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Relator Substitution Bars Claim Under First-to-File Bar, Blocks Original Relator from Appealing; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No. 18-55643, U.S. ex rel. Alexander Volkhoff LLC v. Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., et al.
Co-Owner of Closely-Held Concern Likely Benefited from Fraud Scheme; United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina No. 3:17-CV-00037-KDB-DCK, United States ex rel. Taryn Hartnett and Dana Shoched v. Physicians Choice Laboratory, Philip McHugh, et al.
Defendant’s Challenge to Allegedly Vague Regulatory Guidance Fails; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 12-175, 13-1776, U.S. ex rel. Charles Strunck et al. v Mallinckrodt Ard LLC
Nationwide Discovery Inappropriate for Regional FCA Case; United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York No. 14-CV-6646-RRM-SJB, U.S. ex rel. CKD Project LLC v. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., et al.
Despite Four Attempts, Relators Fail to Plead Who, When, How of Alleged Fraud; United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division No. 17 CV 1043, U.S. ex rel. Joyce Hilliard, et al. v Hardin House Inc., et al.
State Law Cannot Shield Documents from Discovery in FCA Case; United States District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division No. 2:16-cv-00304-TS-EJF, U.S. ex rel. Gerald Polukoff M.D. v. St. Mark’s Hospital, Sherman Sorensen M.D., and Sorensen Cardiovascular Group
FCA Does Not Preempt Unlawful Retaliation Claim at State Level; United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division No. 2:19-cv-746, Balisia Blanchard v. Impact Community Action
Relators Hit Public Disclosure Bar by Referencing Government Audit Mirroring Their Allegations; United States District Court for the District of Columbia No. 13-1844 (CKK), U.S. ex rel. Patricia Scott and John L. Tudbury v. Pacific Architect Engineers Inc.
Jury Reasonably Weighed Competing Testimony Before Awarding Plaintiff Compensation for Unlawful Retaliation; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts No. 11-12131-RWZ, U.S. ex rel. Kimberly Herman, Amy Lestage and Kevin Roseff v. Coloplast Corp., et al.
OFCCP Updates Federal Contract Compliance Manual
Individual Defendant Cannot Duck Responsibility for False Claims Submitted by His Company Through Kickback Scheme; United States District Court for the Western Division of Texas, El Paso Division, No. EP-18-CV-193-KC, U.S. ex rel. Susann Campbell v. KIC Development LLC, RECA Construction LLC, Anthony Acri, Christine Hayes, Earl Hall, and James G. Tuskan
Fraudulent Billing to Private Insurer Alone Does Not Create Strong Inference False Claims Were Submitted to Medicare; United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. CV 17-8446 PSG (JPRx), U.S. ex rel. Charles Puhl et al. v. Terumo BCT et al.
Unlawful Retaliation Only One of Several Factors Leading to Relator’s Termination; United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit No. 18-14484, Jamie Nesbitt v. Candler County, Georgia
Failure to Connect Conduct to False Claims Fatal to Qui Tam Complaint; United States District Court for the District of New Jersey No. 13-3962, U.S. ex rel. Chunyan Cao v. West-Ward Pharmaceuticals and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
Requirement to Bill Liable Third Parties Before State Medicaid Program Material to State’s Decision to Pay; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York No. 10 Civ. 9650 (RMB) (GWG), U.S. ex rel. June Raffington v. Bon Secours Health System Inc., et al.
Amount of Financial Recovery Has No Bearing on Award of Attorneys’ Fees in Successful Qui Tam Case; U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas No. 16-2034-CM-JPO, U.S. ex rel. Bashar Sean Awad and Cynthia McKerrigan v. Coffey Health System
Normal Business Dealings Insufficient to Show Conspiracy to Avoid Anti-Dumping Duties; U.S. District Court for the Central District of California No. 2:17-cv-04393-RGK-KS, United States v. Vandewater International Inc., et al.
Court Declines to Stay FCA Case Pending Outcome of Appeal to Court of International Trade; U.S. District Court for the Central District of California No. 2:17-cv-04393-RGK-KS, United States v. Vandewater International Inc., et al.
Keep reading
