Michael A. Morse will present, “Anatomy of a Whistleblower Case,” at HCCA’s South Atlantic Regional Annual Conference in Orlando, FL on February 8, 2013. Related Information: Program Information
The D.C. Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s findings that a news reporter had a common law right of access to reports by an independent consultant who was hired by AIG as part of a 2004 settlement with the SEC. SEC v. American International Group, No. 12-5141 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 1, 2013). The court’s… Read more »
Notwithstanding the image perpetuated in our popular culture, it has never been ok to simply park taxable income or assets in offshore accounts in order to avoid taxes. A California man, Christopher B. Berg, has learned that lesson in stark terms. On January 30, 2013, Berg entered a plea of guilty in the U.S. District… Read more »
In a recent precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated and remanded a fraud case where the sentencing court erred in its calculation of the loss amount. U.S. v. Diallo, No. 10-3771 (3d Cir. Jan. 15, 2013). The Defendant, Issa Diallo, was arrested in 2008 after using a counterfeit credit card… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. The Fundamentals of Intellectual Property 2. Circuit Split Narrowed in Favor of Employees With Disabilities Regarding Whether ADA Reassignment Requires Preferential Treatment 3. The Superior Court’s Decision in Patton v. Worthington Sounds Death Knell for Statutory Employer Defense and Elevates Construction Costs Throughout the Commonwealth 4. Pennsylvania Product Liability Law Remains Unsettled… Read more »
This article was originally published in the February 2013 issue of New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, a publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and is reprinted here with permission. Related Information: Collateral Consequences of Healthcare Prosecutions
On Monday, the Second Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York’s denial of a government motion in limine to admit a state court a temporary restraining order as evidence of a defendant’s state of mind in a bank fraud prosecution. United States v. Dupree, No. 11-5115-CR (2nd Cir. January 28, 2013). … Read more »
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Philadelphia, Thursday, January 24, 2013: A federal lawsuit filed by prominent Delaware Valley cardiologist Nicholas L. DePace, M.D., sparked a multi-year investigation by the United States Department of Justice and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office that has resulted in New-Jersey based Cooper Health System, and Cooper University Hospital paying $12,600,000 to settle Medicare and… Read more »
In December 2012, the United States Supreme Court considered several cases of interest to all employers: On December 26, 2012, the Court rejected a request by Hobby Lobby Stores for temporary injunctive relief from a $1.3 million per day fine for not complying with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“the Act”) Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelis, 133… Read more »