Pittsburgh – Kenneth J. Horoho, Jr., a resident of Mt. Lebanon, has been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to its Committee on Domestic Relations Procedural Rules to advise and assist the court on matters related to the practice of family law in Pennsylvania. Mr. Horoho’s three-year term on the committee begins April 1, 2022…. Read more »
Takeaway: With the surge of data and cybersecurity breaches, corporate directors and officers have become targets for shareholder derivative lawsuits. Fortunately, there are procedural measures that directors and officers can put in place in order to mitigate the risk of litigation. The standard in shareholder derivative actions is based off the seminal Caremark case. In… Read more »
Part 2 of this article series will be published in the March 2022 issue of Compliance Today and focus on examples of enforcement actions and examine the future of transparency statutes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA) took effect in 2013.[1] It requires medical product manufacturers to disclose to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) payments… Read more »
On Monday, January 24, 2022 the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in the Hughes, et al. v. Northwestern University, et al. case. Before the Court was the issue of whether Northwestern University violated its fiduciary duty to a class of employee-investors under ERISA by allegedly including unnecessarily expensive investment options and paying… Read more »
Takeaway: Organizations of all types and sizes should actively manage exposure to loss due to the Log4j vulnerability. Doing so will not be easy. The Log4j program is present in so many applications that the magnitude of the issue is unlike any other. Following CISA guidance and adherence to a control framework, such as NIST… Read more »
In another significant expansion of the firm’s litigation practice, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of new associates to the firm’s Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Offices. “Despite these challenging times, we remain fully committed to providing our clients with top flight service. We are thrilled to welcome this talented… Read more »
On Thursday, February 24, 2022 Pietragallo partner Pamela Coyle Brecht will be presenting on “Private Equity – The Newest Face at the FCA Table” at the Federal Bar Association’s 2022 Qui Tam Conference. This annual event provides timely perspectives from all sides of the FCA ecosystem: prosecutors, relator-side attorneys, defense counsel, inspectors general, federal judges,… Read more »
On October 7th, Pietragallo partner Pamela Coyle Brecht will be a panelist at the Marcum Corporate Compliance & Fraud Summit. Pam, and her co-panelist David Glusman, Partner at Marcum LLP will be discussing Forensic Accounting in Healthcare. During our session, you’ll be introduced to anti-kickback and fraud and abuse issues in healthcare. Join us for… Read more »
On Thursday, October 28, 2021, Pietragallo partner Pamela Coyle Brecht will present a “False Claims Act Update” at Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s A Day on Health Law webinar. A Day on Health Law is a one-day, six-hour spin-off of PBI’s annual Health Law Institute. The Health Law Institute brings health law professionals comprehensive updates, insights and practical advice… Read more »
Pietragallo partner Marc S. Raspanti will be speaking at the upcoming American Bar Association’s April 25-27, 2022 False Claims and Qui Tam Trial Institute. Marc will be participating in an AseraCare Update: Insights into Objective Falsity in Litigation and Trials Panel and a Legislative Update Panel. This event, taking place in Coral Gables (Miami), FL,… Read more »