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No Downward Variance For Ex-Akin Gump Partner In DOJ Suit-Selling Case

Posted On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 At 1:50PM

What Happened? Jeffrey Wertkin, a former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner who previously had worked at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), received 30 months’ imprisonment for...

New DOJ Policy Changes Impact FCA Enforcement

Posted On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 At 7:39PM

What Happened? The Department of Justice kicked off the year with a shift in its policy affecting the False Claims Act and other civil fraud enforcement. In two separate memoranda issued in...

When Is A Kickback Not A Kickback? Third Circuit Says It Must Be Linked To Specific False Claim

Posted On Thursday, February 1, 2018 At 8:02PM

What Happened? In affirming the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Accredo Health Group, Inc., and its co-defendants, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held...

NJ Doctor Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud

Posted On Friday, October 20, 2017 At 2:37PM
By: Christopher A. Iacono

What Happened The healthcare fraud enforcement efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey continue. Anthony J. Enrico, 60, of North Haledon, New Jersey pleaded guilty...

Menendez, Government Argue Viability Of “Stream Of Benefits” Bribery Theory

Posted On Friday, October 13, 2017 At 2:43PM

What Happened? In the trial of Senator Bob Menendez and Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist, U.S. District Judge William H. Walls (D.N.J.) deferred ruling on whether a bribery conviction...

Tenet Hospital CEO And Other Executives Indicted In $400 Million Alleged Bribery Scheme

Posted On Thursday, October 5, 2017 At 3:52PM
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What Happened? Last week, Bill Moore, a former CEO of a Georgia-based health care provider, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, was indicted for his alleged role in a $400 million fraud and bribery...

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