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Kickbacks
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China Law Blog
Your Company Can be Sued in China and That Matters
[caption id="attachment_24829" align="aligncenter" width="647"] US courts will enforce China court judgments. Just ask Robinson Helicopters.[/caption] Got an email from a veteran China consultant who is very prominent and very…
FCA Update
DOJ Announces Largest Kickback Settlement with Nursing Home for Medical Directorship Allegations
By Tony Maida
Barely a week after the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a new fraud alert about Anti-Kickback Statute compliance risks with medical director arrangements,…
Subject to Inquiry
CFPB Asserts Sweeping RESPA Enforcement Authority In First Appellate Decision
By Government Investigations Group
In a decision asserting broad authority for the CFPB and which is certain to set the tone for future CFPB appellate rulings, Bureau director Richard Cordray recently issued the Bureau’s…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
HSBC and Assurant Settle Forced-Placed Kickback Class Action Suit
By Chip Merlin
In certain situations, insurance companies may hedge their risk against any loss in an insurance contract. This is called re-insurance. Typically, no one would have an issue with this as…
FCA Update
Increased Federal Scrutiny of Laboratory-Physician Arrangements for Potential AKS and FCA Violations Leads to $48.5 Million Settlement
By Tony Maida
A recent $48.5 million False Claims Act (FCA) settlement between two laboratory companies and the federal government highlights the increased scrutiny of laboratory-physician compensation arrangements for potential Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)…
Legal Profession Blog
In Concert
The South Carolina Supreme Court has imposed a suspension of nine months of an attorney convicted of misprision of felony The criminal information states that, beginning in or around the summer…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Questions Raised by Doctor’s Guilty Plea for Kickbacks from Prescribing Risky Drugs to Seniors
A long-running investigation of a doctor in Illinois for Medicaid and Medicare fraud is coming to a close. Michael Reinstein, "who for decades treated patients in Chicago nursing homes and…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Wells Fargo and Chase Accused of Mortgage Kickbacks
By Bryan Fears
Recently the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Maryland Attorney General took action against Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase for an illegal marketing-services-kickback scheme they participated in with Genuine…
Corporate Governance & Internal Investigations Advisor
Corporate Executives Sentenced to Prison for $3.4M Kickback Scheme
Two former executives at one of the nation’s leading healthcare claims processing firms, MultiPlan, Inc., were recently sentenced to serve one year and one day in federal prison for their…
Inside Government Contracts
ASBCA Finds Kickbacks Under Three of Sixteen Task Orders is Sufficient to Taint Contractor’s Entire Claim
Background: In Appeal of Laguna Construction Company, Inc., the Armed Services Board of Contracts Appeals (“ASBCA”) found that a contractor's receipt of kickbacks from subcontractors was both criminal fraud and…