Apotex, Sandoz, Taro to Pay $447M Over FCA Violations Involving Price-Fixing of Generic Drugs
The Justice Department's probe into the generic pharmaceutical industry has resulted in three new settlements. Each arose from deferred prosecution ...
Tag: False Claims Act (FCA)
The False Claims Amendment Act of 2021 – A New Paradigm in Contracting with the Government?
The Escobar decision paved the way for a potential loophole in the False Claims Act that U.S. senators aim to ...
Big Data Anomalies Can’t Be Used to Prosecute. But Identifying Them Can Help Avoid Potential Lawsuits or Enforcements.
In a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case, prosecutors tried to stake their argument on their analysis of anomalies ...
DOJ Is Getting More Imaginative with False Claims Act Enforcement and Hitting a Growing Range of Organizations
The DOJ began casting a wider net for False Claims Act enforcement years before the pandemic broke out. Now with ...
The Trump Administration Allowed an Estimated $84B in EIDL and PPP Fraud. Now Congress Is Revamping Oversight.
The Biden administration, in a March memo, estimated EIDL and PPP fraud has totaled $84 billion to date. Numerous federal ...
FCA Compliance in an Era of Unprecedented Government Stimulus
There’s no denying the need for federal relief in the midst of COVID-19, but companies that have never before been ...
Looking Forward: Corporate Enforcement in a Biden Administration
With Biden’s inauguration around the corner and additional political appointments on the horizon, what can corporate compliance officers and in-house ...
Forecasted Deluge of False Claims Act Litigation Reveals Need for Liability Insurance
Attorneys from Reed Smith discuss the uptick in insurance coverage for False Claims Act litigation and the impact of a ...
Novartis: Corruption Across the Globe
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has recently been on the receiving end of two significant enforcement actions: the first for violations ...
Farewell to Blue Bell
Once, Blue Bell Ice Cream was the pride of Texas. But a 2015 listeriosis outbreak in "the little creamery in ...
Codes of Conduct: Life Is Hard, But It’s Harder When You’re Dumb
More often than not, companies stumble into one or more of the health care compliance bear traps out of ignorance ...
Internal Controls: Good People and Wishful Thinking Are Not Effective Compliance Strategies
Jim Nortz continues a six-part series discussing a number of regulatory “bear traps” in the health care industry with a ...
