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 ...
Tag: False Claims Act (FCA)
Special Compliance Requirements for Government Contractors
Federal contracting can be lucrative and rewarding – when done correctly. Steptoe & Johnson’s Fred Geldon outlines the various requirements ...
Cybersecurity Threats Increase Civil and Criminal Liability for Government Contractors
Executives and board members should heed warnings of cases involving Uber, Verizon
DOJ’s Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative Could Find Health Care Companies Exposed on Multiple Fronts
The Biden Administration and DOJ intend to pursue cyber fraud through the False Claims Act (FCA), with an emphasis on ...
What Healthcare Providers and Life Sciences Companies Can Expect for Enforcement in 2022
Though the Biden administration's first year kept enforcements light, broad shifts and specific measures taken by regulators are set to ...
CCOs Say the Opaque Nature of DOJ Incentives Makes Self-Reporting a Hard Sell
Results of a recent Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) survey indicate that a majority of CCOs can’t be sure whether ...
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 ...
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 ...
During The Trump Administration, an Estimated $84B in EIDL and PPP Fraud Occurred. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
