September 25, 2023
On Friday, September 22, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) announced substantial pending changes to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (“Uniform Guidance”), codified [...]
July 26, 2023
Washington, DC – In a historic victory, FTLF attorney Eugene R. Fidell led a team of lawyers who successfully represented Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in a case that has attracted nationwide attention. [...]
July 14, 2023
FTLF attorneys Rosie Dawn Griffin and Mindy Pava have been featured in the prestigious Health Care Compliance Association's "Report on Research Compliance." The journal highlights their valuable insights and knowledge gained from [...]
March 27, 2020
Winter is coming. No, it’s not the motto of House Stark of Westeros, it’s Jane Winter—a former hospital Care Management Director turned whistleblower—and her qui tam action, plowing new ground on the falsity [...]
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February 19, 2020
On Presidents’ Day, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reminded us that Lincoln’s Law still packs quite the punch. In a decision issued on Monday, the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment [...]
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February 14, 2020
Investigations into the relationships Chinese entities have with U.S. academia have grown ten-fold this year. The Department of Education recently issued letters to Harvard and Yale requesting a vast amount of information, [...]
February 11, 2020
On February 7, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the defendant hospital in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case premised on falsified data. The case—United [...]
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January 21, 2020
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new Inspector General (IG), following an extended period of oversight by acting IGs. Sean O’Donnell was confirmed on December 19, 2019 to lead the [...]
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December 9, 2019
National Institutes of Health (NIH) joins rank with its peers via its Data Management and Sharing Policy. This proposed policy will apply to all research that is funded or conducted in whole [...]
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November 6, 2019
Yesterday, Judge Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed claims alleging that Gilead Sciences, Inc. defrauded the United States government and violated the False Claims Act (FCA) [...]
