U.S. News & World Report recognizes Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP as a 2023 Tier 1 Metro “Best Law Firm” in twelve practice areas in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. These twelve practice areas are: Commercial Litigation (PGH & PHL) Employment Law – Individuals (PHL) Health Care Law (PHL) Insurance Law (PGH) Litigation – Labor… Read more »
On November 15th, Marc Raspanti and Mary Kate McDevitt will present “The Physician Payment Sunshine Act and the Future of Healthcare Transparency”, a webinar through the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). Drawing upon their combined expertise, Marc and Mary Kate will provide a thorough review of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, as well as other major healthcare… Read more »
With the appointment of Gurbir Grewal as enforcement director of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 2022 has, as expected, seen more stringent oversight into public companies. Grewal formerly served as attorney general of New Jersey until 2021. The SEC selected Grewal to be tougher on Wall Street than his predecessors. Between 2019 and 2021,… Read more »
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is pleased to announce that 22 lawyers have been named as 2023 The Best Lawyers in America and 2023 Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Recognition by… Marc Raspanti to speak at World Online Lawyers with Excellent Practice’s Webinar
Pietragallo partner Marc Raspanti will be joined by speakers Jon May and Gabriel Albu (Europe) to speak at the World Online Lawyers with Excellent Practice’s (WOLEP) webinar on Wednesday, July 13th at 10:30am EST. They will be taking on the topic of “Whistleblower statutes in the United States and the European Union – regulations, commonalities and differences, perspectives”. Some of the… Read more »
The Medicare and Medicaid programs are exceedingly complex, and navigating the myriad statutes, regulations, rules, and guidance presents significant challenges for all healthcare providers and compliance professionals—even the United States Supreme Court has recognized that the Medicare program is a “complex and highly technical regulatory program.”[1] This job is sometimes made even more difficult because program… Read more »
Pietragallo partner Pamela Coyle Brecht will be presenting virtually on “She Persisted: How Women Have Shaped False Claims Act Law” at the Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) 2022 Qui Tam Section Roundtable Discussion. This webinar will take place at 12:00pm EST on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Pam and her fellow panelists will focus on the innovative and critical contributions women… Read more »
Pietragallo is pleased to announce that 16 lawyers have been named as 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, including partner Marc Raspanti who was recognized in the Top 100 in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Super Lawyers is a service of Thomson Reuters legal division which compiles a list of outstanding lawyers from more than 74 practice areas…. When Work-Life Balance is Underwater
Volumes have been written about the False Claims Act as a tool to pursue fraud against the government in circumstances where the defendant has allegedly made false statements to receive money from the government. For purposes of our discussion here, we refer to this aspect of the False Claims Act as “affirmative false claims.” Westlaw… Read more »