“5 Lessons Learned From 412(i) Litigation” published in the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries Winter 2021 issue of Plan Consultant magazine. You can read the article here.
Questions have persistently arisen as to whether an employer is responsible to pay workers’ compensation benefits to an employee who has been rendered disabled as a result of a COVID-19 diagnosis or, in the alternative, is prevented from working based on an employer’s concern that the employee’s presence may lead to others contracting the disease…. Read more »
Pietragallo partner Pamela Coyle Brecht will be moderating a panel at the Federal Bar Association’s virtual 2021 Qui Tam Conference that is taking place February 17-19, 2021. The three-day conference will focus on the False Claims Act in times of crisis, including changes in enforcement priorities that may follow the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Brecht’s segment… Read more »
The devastating financial fallout of the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated law firm dissolutions and key attorney separations. Firms that were overleveraged, undercapitalized, poorly managed or otherwise unable to adjust to revenue slowdowns have failed outright or have found themselves struggling to adapt. Stakeholders, whether partners or shareholders, have been forced to consider their professional options,… Read more »
“Genetic Databases and the Future of Medicine: Can Law and Ethics Keep Up? Perspectives and Analysis of a Conference,” 13 Drexel L. Rev. 321 (Jan 1, 2021)
Unsuspecting business owners are being targeted by federal prosecutors. One of the first tasks many small and medium sized businesses undertook shortly after the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic was to determine whether the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) could help them. Now, nine months after the loans started being disbursed, prosecutors are filing criminal charges… Read more »
“Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity,” 27 No. 3 PIABA B.J. 381 (Oct 1, 2020)
Attorney Carla Schiff Donnelly appears on KDKA Radio recently. Ms. Donnelly appeared with Divorce Reality Expert Nan Cohen and discussed divorce and custody issues and access to the courts during the pandemic. Listen here!
The Supreme Court said yes but with limits. Disgorgement is permissible but only if it complies with the traditional definition of equitable relief and not penalty. In an 8-1 vote, the United States Supreme Court held that disgorgement is permitted under 15 U.S.C. §78u(d)(5) if the amount awarded does not exceed an individual wrongdoer’s net profits; is awarded to… Read more »
Pietragallo attorney Ashley Kenny has revised Chapter 6 “Investigations” in the Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, 2020 ed. of Thomson Reuters’ Health Law Series. The “Investigations” chapter includes changes to materials pertaining to the increasingly significant Electronically Stored Information (ESI) issues, a refined focus on some of the issues in investigations, and an updated…