A coordinated law enforcement effort among myriad federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey resulted in the arrests of 48 defendants. Included in those arrested were doctors and medical professionals who, allegedly, submitted over $160 million in fraudulent insurance claims, caused losses of over $800 million and distributed over 3.25… Read more »
Yesterday, the Third Circuit affirmed a doctor’s conviction for accepting bribes in exchange for referrals to New Jersey based lab Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BLS). U.S. v. Thomas V. Savino, No. 18-2223 (3d Cir. 2019). Doctor Thomas Savino allowed BLS to set up a blood drawing station in his solo medical practice in Staten Island, New… Read more »
On September 18, 2019, the Department of Justice announced a $21.35 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Patient Care America, PCA executives Patrick Smith and Matthew Smith, and, most notably, the pharmacy’s private equity backer, Riordan, Lewis & Haden Inc. The private equity firm and the pharmacy will fund substantially all of the settlement ($21.036 million). … Read more »
Marc S. Raspanti will be speaking at the 20th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress on November 6-8, 2019 in Washington, DC. Marc will be joined by Meredith Auten, Esquire, and Virginia Gibson, Esquire to present on “The Changing Face of the Qui Tam” on Thursday, November 7th at 5:15pm. To register for this event, please… Read more »
In the wake of several massive data breaches, consumer privacy (or lack thereof) has become a growing concern. For some, more surprising than the breaches was learning how much personal information companies collect from consumers—everything from Social Security numbers and email addresses to location data and demographics—and how much personal information is being sold or… Read more »
Carla Schiff Donnelly has been named to the 10 Best Family Law Attorneys in Pennsylvania by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys. The American Institute’s Family Law Division recognizes excellence of practitioners in the field. The “10 Best” is a prestigious honor for the Attorney as each Attorney must: (1) Be formally nominated by… Read more »
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), codified in 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et. seq., prohibits certain classes of persons and entities from paying foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business. Specifically, persons and entities may not corruptly use any means of instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of any offer or payment… Read more »
Articles in this Issue: Home Improvement Contractors be Aware – Compliance with the Pennsylvania Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act is Required Pennsylvania’s Statutes of Repose and Limitations Protect Contractors in Unique Ways 4D Scheduling – Enabling Digital-Based Practice to Improve Project Planning and Analysis Superior Court Finds that Corporate No-Hire Provision is Void Against Public… Read more »
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is recognized in the 2018 annual list of “Top 100” verdicts, released by VerdictSearch and ALM. The firm’s record breaking $51,208,578 verdict in Lutz v. Health Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc. is ranked as #39 on this year’s list of highest verdicts throughout the nation and comes in at #2… Read more »
Corporations engaged in civil litigation or government investigations often need to address public relations resulting from their legal involvement, commonly referred to as “crisis communications.” Outside and in-house legal counsel and the corporate officers involved have always had to exercise considerable care to avoid potential waiver of attorney-client and attorney work product privileges. In a… Read more »