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26 Jun 2024, 1:50 pm by Townsend Bourne and Nikole Snyder
On June 17, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the latest settlement under its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“CCFI”) (previously discussed here).[1] The settlement resulted in a total of $11,300,000 in payments from two consulting companies (Guidehouse, Inc., the prime contractor, which paid $7,600,000; and Nan Kay and Associates, the subcontractor, which paid $3,700,000) to resolve allegations the two companies violated the False… [read post]
25 Aug 2024, 10:50 am by Stuart Kaplow
Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice from imposing or enforcing any disparate impact based requirements against the state or any state agency under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 7:00 am by Matthew D. Lee
Lee and Marissa Koblitz Kingman The Department of Justice (DOJ) has intensified its already aggressive crackdown on fraud related to COVID-19, recently announcing criminal charges against a telemedicine company executive, a physician, marketers and medical business owners for losses exceeding $143 million. [read post]
15 Apr 2022, 6:14 am by David Oscar Markus
“Lying to federal agencies is a crime, plain and simple,” said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. [read post]
9 Mar 2022, 4:58 pm by Ben Vernia
 This is the Department of Justice’s first resolution of a False Claims Act case involving cyber fraud since the launch of the department’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which aims to combine the department’s expertise in civil fraud enforcement, government procurement and cybersecurity to combat new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and critical systems. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 5:00 am by Charles Nichols
In a win for the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, reversed a settlement in a shareholder derivative case against DHB Industries, Inc. [read post]
16 Aug 2018, 6:00 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: The Justice Department announced today a $4.9 billion settlement with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) resolving federal civil claims that RBS misled investors in the underwriting and issuing of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2008. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 2:19 am
The $1.92 million jury award against Jammie-Thomas Rasset passes constitutional muster, the Department of Justice stated in a brief filed today.DOJ Brief in defense of Thomas-Rasset Award In June, a Minneapolis federal jury found that Thomas-Rasset had used KaZaA to download and "share" 24 songs without permission, and awarded the record label plaintiffs $80,000 per work. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 6:31 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: The Justice Department announced today that Deloitte & Touche LLP has agreed to pay the United States $149.5 million to resolve potential False Claims Act liability arising from Deloitte’s role as the independent outside auditor of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 4:37 pm by Ben Vernia
On June 14, the Department of Justice announced that IBM had agreed to pay nearly $15 million to settle civil claims that the company … According to DOJ’s press release: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and Cúram Software have agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act arising from material misrepresentations to the State of Maryland during the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE) contract award… [read post]
25 Aug 2012, 3:44 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: The United States has entered into a settlement agreement with Pacific Health Corporation (PHC) and related entities in which they agreed to pay the government and the state of California $16.5 million for allegedly engaging in an illegal kickback scheme in Los Angeles, the Justice Department announced today. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 3:51 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary viscosupplementation injections and knee braces and that he received illegal kickbacks, the Justice Department announced today. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 11:49 pm by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: Schwarz Pharma Inc. will pay $22 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company failed to advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that two unapproved products did not qualify for coverage under federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 3:51 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary viscosupplementation injections and knee braces and that he received illegal kickbacks, the Justice Department announced today. [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 8:39 am by Ben Vernia
On October 3, the Department of Justice announced that three Buffalo, New York area contractors have agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a whistleblower’s allegations that the companies defrauded the government by using a shell  According to DOJ’s press release: Alden, New York-based contractors, Zoladz Construction Company Inc. [read post]