Practitioners involved in qui tam litigation often encounter questions concerning when the statute of limitations begins to run. Under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), the government (or relator) must file …
On September 29, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (“Och-Ziff”), a New York-based alternative investment and …
Whether a party has standing to bring a lawsuit is often considered through the constitutional lens of justiciability – that is, whether there is a “case or controversy” between the …
On September 29, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) announced that International Gaming Technology (“IGT”), a casino-gaming company, agreed to pay $500,000 to settle charges …
On September 14, 2016, Andrew Ceresney (“Ceresney”), Director, Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”), spoke at the Sixteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference …
What is being done about fraud in the FHA’s mortgage insurance program? In September, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Regions Bank (“Regions”) agreed to pay $52.4 million to …
How can I protect my business from conduct risk? The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan recently announced a number of charges against two former executives of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. …
What anticompetitive business actions are considered unfair? Amidst the recent commotion surrounding the wildly elevated prices of certain products sold by Mylan Pharmaceuticals (“Mylan”), New York State Attorney General Eric …
How has Turing managed to get into even more trouble after last year’s bombshell? It is difficult to imagine Martin Shkreli (“Shkreli”) being shamed even more than he already has …
On September 20, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it awarded more than $4 million to a whistleblower who provided original information about a fraud that resulted …
