The Third Circuit ruled on September 12, 2019 that a relator is not automatically guaranteed a hearing when the government moves to dismiss a whistleblower action – they need to ask for one. In United States ex rel., Chang v. Children’s Advocacy Center of Delaware, No. 18-2311, at 3 (3rd Cir. Sept. 12, 2019), the… Read more »
Pamela Coyle Brecht has been invited to speak at this winter’s ACI’s False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement program, taking place on January 27-28th at the Park Lane Hotel in NYC. This advanced forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement is designed to provide up-to-date guidance and analysis from the most respected false claims… Read more »
On October 23, 2019, Pietragallo Partner Michael A. Morse, in association with the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) will lead a webinar titled, “Supreme Court Delivers Important Victory for qui tam Whistleblowers.” During this webinar, attendees will: Learn about the Supreme Court’s latest FCA decision, which delivered two important victories for whistleblowers Discuss the Supreme… Read more »
On May 13, 2019 the Supreme Court of the United States, in a unanimous decision, delivered an important victory for qui tam whistleblowers in United States ex rel. Hunt v. Cochise Consultancy, Inc., (Hunt).[1] The decision, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, held that private qui tam whistleblowers are entitled to the extended statute of limitations period in… Read more »
Pamela Coyle Brecht has been invited to speak on a panel at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “A Day on Health Law” event which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, in Philadelphia. Ms. Brecht will be a part of the program titled “False Claims Act Update.” The number of False Claims Act… Read more »
Pietragallo’s Marc. S. Raspanti will speak once again at the ABA’s award winning False Claims Act Trial Institute on June 19th, in New York, at Fordham University. The award winning False Claims Act Trial Institute will feature a two-day mock False Claims Act jury trial, in which Marc S. Raspanti and other lawyers from the… Read more »
https://www.fraudwhistleblowersblog.com/ Member States of the European Union, over the last several years, have passed a series of so-called “Whistleblower Laws.” These laws are being implemented allegedly to bolster anti-corruption efforts throughout Europe. While corruption is no stranger to either side of the Atlantic, the European Union would advance their fraud fighting efforts exponentially by taking… Read more »
Marc S. Raspanti and Pamela Coyle Brecht will be speaking at the Compliance and Healthcare Conference in Paris, France on May 16-17, 2019. Mr. Raspanti and Ms. Brecht will be speaking on the topic of Health Care Fraud, Waste and Abuse Enforcement – American Style. The Conference is being held by The Institute of Risk & Compliance. To… Read more »
Roughly three out of four large U.S. employers utilize exit interviews, which are considered a low-risk, low-cost way to acquire valuable information. However, companies who approach exit interviews with an “auto-pilot” mentality may expose themselves to increased employment liability if they do not think strategically about how and why they conduct such interviews. Conversely, a… Read more »
Charlotte, N.C. (April 24, 2019) – Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA), an emergency medicine physician practice based in Charlotte, N.C., along with individual physicians Thomas L. Mason, M.D., and Steven G. Folstad, M.D., have filed an Amended Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina alleging Health Management Associates, LLC… Read more »