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Friday Enforcement Wrap: DOJ Issues New Compliance Guidance
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Health Company Pays $30 Million to Settle Overpayment Allegations
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Avoid a Fumble: Map and Manage Your ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ Strategy 
Brian D. Schneider, Peter V. B. Unger, Alexander S. Birkhold

Colleges and universities should take steps now to implement a plan in response to the investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” in which federal prosecutors charged at least 50 people in an elaborate scheme to gain admission for their children at elite universities.

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Florida Health Care Facility Owner Convicted in $1.3 Billion Fraud Scheme
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: DOJ Makes Good on Promise to Move to Dismiss Whistleblower Complaint Against Biotech Company
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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The release of the Mueller report is coming. How redacted will it be?
Terree A. Bowers

Los Angeles partner Terree Bowers recently was quoted in a CNN article titled, “The release of the Mueller report is coming. How redacted will it be?”

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: University Settles for $112.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Fourth Circuit: Government Not Collaterally Estopped from Prosecuting Defendant After Declining to Intervene in Civil FCA Suit Against Him
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Peter R. Zeidenberg, Michael F. Dearington

As a matter of first impression, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that the government’s decision to decline to intervene in a civil False Claims Act suit brought by a private relator does not preclude the government from bringing criminal fraud charges against the same de

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Two Additional Guilty Pleas in Ongoing Bid Rigging Investigation Produce $127 Million in Fines
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Medical Device Company Agrees to Pay Over $17 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Granston Cautions Against Use of Excessive Discovery to Obtain Dismissal
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Tennessee-Based Skilled Nursing Facility Company Agrees to Pay $18 Million to Settle “Worthless Services” FCA Allegations
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Texas and Xerox Agree to a Record $235.9 Million Medicaid Fraud Settlement
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Coalition of Law Enforcement Agencies Tackle Opioid Crisis Via the False Claims Act
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Electronic Health Records Company Settles FCA Allegations for $57.25 Million
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Deputy Associate Attorney General Delivers Remarks at Annual False Claims Act Conference
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Distilling Compliance Lessons from Healthcare Fraud Cases
D. Jacques Smith

Complex Litigation Partner and National Practice Group Leader Jacques Smith was quoted in an article discussing healthcare-related fraud by Compliance Week.

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Government Shutdown Watch
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: Government Shutdown Watch
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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Supreme Court Denies Defense Request to Review Key FCA Materiality Decision After Government Offers to Dismiss Claims
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington

On January 7, the US Supreme Court declined to review United States ex rel. Campie v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., 862 F.3d 890 (9th Cir. 2017), leaving in place a plaintiff-friendly decision by the Ninth Circuit regarding the False Claims Act’s materiality requirement.

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Supreme Court Leaves Intact Fifth Circuit’s Reversal of $660 Million Verdict in False Claims Act Materiality Case
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington

On January 7, 2019, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in United States ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Industries, Inc., 872 F.3d 645 (5th Cir. 2017), a closely watched case regarding the False Claims Act’s materiality standard.

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Damages Could Pile Up If High Court Affirms False Claims Ruling
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington

Arent Fox attorneys D. Jacques Smith, Randall Brater, and Michael Dearington spoke with Bloomberg Law about an upcoming US Supreme Court case and its potential ramifications for False Claims Act cases.

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DOJ Reports Nearly $2.9 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries in FY 2018
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington

The Department of Justice recently published its annual False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries statistics for Fiscal Year 2018, reporting nearly $2.9 billion in FCA settlements and judgments in FY 2018.

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Friday Enforcement Wrap: DOJ Moves to Dismiss 11 FCA Cases
D. Jacques Smith, Stephanie Trunk, Randall A. Brater, David S. Greenberg, Michael F. Dearington, Rebecca W. Foreman, Nadia Patel

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