Topic
Kickbacks
273 published works
SDNY Blog
Nationwide Kickback Scheme Alleged Against Mortgage Lenders, Insurers and Reinsurer
On April 19, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of a putative nationwide class of home buyers against a group of mortgage lenders, mortgage insurers and a reinsurer alleging a breach of…
Pill Mill Monitor
Medical Device Manufacturer Accused of Paying Kickbacks Settles for $23.5 Million
By Kay Van Wey
Pharmaceutical companies are not the only companies accused of paying kickbacks to doctors to sell their products. More recently, Medtronic, Inc., the world’s largest medical device maker, agreed to pay…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Denial of Cert. in Blackstone
Nicole Huberfeld is guesting this month over at Concurring Opinions and is writing a very interesting series about the Medicaid cases pending before the United States Supreme Court this term. This is Professor…
Drug & Device Law
There’ll Always Be Posner: Double-header
A great Chicagoan, Ernie Banks, was famous for saying “Let’s play two” – an expression of pure joy about the game of baseball. Another great Chicagoan, Judge Richard Posner, recently…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Feds Charge 13 in Securities Kickback Schemes
The SEC, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and FBI today announced parallel cases filed in federal court against several corporate officers, lawyers and a stock promoter alleging they used…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Saudi Arabia-based Tamimi Global Company Ltd (TAFGA) Gets DPA
By Ellen Podgor
A DOJ Press Release here reports that "Saudi Arabia-based Tamimi Global Company Ltd (TAFGA) has agreed to pay the United States $13 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Quest Diagnostics To Pay California $241 Million to Settle Claims
By Catherine Bertram According to an article in the Los Angles Times, by Mark Lifsher, Quest Laboratories agreed to pay the State of California $241million to resolve a lawsuit that…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Commentary on Skilling Remand Decision
By Ellen Podgor
As noted here, the 5th Circuit entered its remand decision in the Skilling case, following the Supreme Court's ruling that honest services would be limited to bribery and kickbacks. Jeffrey Skilling…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Florida Stock Promoters with Microcap Fraud
The SEC today charged penny stock promoters Joshua Konigsberg and Louis Fischler with securities fraud for their roles in various illicit schemes to manipulate the volume and price of four microcap…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Rattner Settles SEC Charges for $6.2 Million; New York AG Seeks Lifetime Ban from Securities Industry
The much-anticipated settlement between the SEC and the former Car Czar, Steven Rattner, was announced today, and the New York Attorney General announced it had filed two actions against Rattner.In…