Gaetan J. Alfano was mentioned in an article titled, “Court Rejects ‘Close Nexus’ Arbitration Argument in Dispute Between School, Condo Owner.” Published March 14, 2019 in The Legal Intelligencer. Related Information: Click here to read the article in The Legal Intelligencer
Pamela Coyle Brecht will be speaking at the 2019 Health Law Institute presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Ms. Brecht will be on a panel presenting on the False Claims Act Update. The Institute will be on March 12-13, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA.
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently issued two decisions that give companies greater flexibility to discipline employees and classify workers as independent contractors. Alstate Maintenance, LLC, 367 NLRB 68 (2019); SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., 367 NLRB 75 (2019). In Alstate, the Board rejected a standard that protected broad statements to management in front of colleagues, making it more… Read more »
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be co-hosting a webcast called “False Claims Act 2019: Discussion with the Expert – Successful Strategies for False Claims Act and Qui Tam Representations” for the American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education. The webcast will be on February 13, 2019 from 12:30 – 2:30 pm. For more information or to register, click here.
Be Wary of Cashing a Check During a Pending Fee Dispute AIA or Consensus Docs Contracts: Which Standard Construction Contracts are Best for Your Project? Getting Paid – Pennsylvania Statutory Help for Contractors and Subcontractors Superior Court Affirms Injunction Against Crane Rental Salesman Who Did Not Sign Non-Compete The Importance of Securing a Mechanic’s Lien… Read more »
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be speaking at the American Conference Institute’s 6th Advanced Forum on False Claims & Qui Tam Enforcement. His presentation is titled “From Initiating the Complaint to Government Intervention or Declination and Everything in Between,” given with co-presenter Colleen Kennedy from the United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of California. The… Read more »
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be speaking at the Health Care Compliance Association’s 4th Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference on “State Enforcement Actions: Where Are They Going in Today’s Enforcement Climate?” The Conference will be held on November 6, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC.
Last month, the Justice Department announced that Health Management Associates, formerly a U.S. hospital chain headquartered in Naples, Florida, will pay over $260 million to resolve charges that HMA knowingly billed government health care programs for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient or observation services, paid remuneration to physicians in return for… Read more »
Michael A. Morse authored “Understanding Whistleblowers: Best Practices for Compliance Professionals” which was published in November Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). Reprint permission granted. Related Information: Understanding Whistleblowers: Best Practices for Compliance
US ex rel Amy Bergman v. Abbott Laboratories US, et al, ex rel. Mason, Folstad, and MEMA v. HMA and EmCare US ex rel Miller & Metts v. HMA, et. al