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Odebrecht And Braskem To Pay Record-Setting FCPA Penalty

Posted On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 At 6:31PM

Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht S.A., and its affiliated petrochemical company, Braskem S.A., agreed to pay at least $3.2 billion combined to resolve criminal charges that the companies conspired...

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SCOTUS Asked To Determine Third Party Subpoena Standard In Criminal Cases

Posted On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 At 2:57PM

A petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court filed on October 18 could lead to much-needed guidance on the circumstances under which criminal defendants can serve subpoenas on third...

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The Yates Memo In Healthcare: Pursuing Civil, Criminal, And Administrative Penalties

Posted On Thursday, October 27, 2016 At 2:58PM

It has been a year since the Yates Memo memorialized and clarified the government’s policy on individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing.  Initially, there was some debate whether the...

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Telemedicine- Just A Fancy Word For Plain Old Medicine?

Posted On Monday, October 24, 2016 At 2:59PM

Although “telemedicine” is not some new type of medical breakthrough but rather a vehicle for the delivery of “medicine”, its wide-spread use in delivering medical care in many different...

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SEC Announces Enforcement Results For FY 2016

Posted On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 At 3:03PM

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced its enforcement statistics for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2016.  All told, the agency filed 868 enforcement actions,...

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Georgia-Based Hospital Group To Pay Over $513 Million To Resolve Civil And Criminal Allegations Related To Illegal Payments For Patient Referrals

Posted On Thursday, October 6, 2016 At 3:05PM
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On Monday, the DOJ announced the resolution of criminal allegations and a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit a relating to a scheme to defraud the United States and obtain kickbacks in exchange...

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