ArticleCalifornia Spotlight: Impact Of The Mid-Term Elections On The Life Sciences IndustryAs expected, Gavin Newsom was recently elected to be the next Governor of California.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleDOJ's Focus On Medicare Advantage Yields $100 Million FCA Settlement With Plan, Vendor, And CEOAfter a nearly decade-long whistleblower suit, Medicare Advantage (MA) Plan Independent Health Association and its subsidiary Independent Health Corporation (collectively, Independent Health), as well as diagnosis coding...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences
ArticleEMA Reflection Paper On Paediatric ExtrapolationIn July, we reported that the European Medicines Agency and the US Food and Drug Administration had announced a joint proposal to promote the use of innovative approaches to paediatric drug development.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleFDA Seeks Comments On Medical Device Cybersecurity Communications Framework Discussion PaperOn October 19, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health released a draft discussion paper titled...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleFrom "Red Flags" To False Claims: DOJ Intervenes In Opioid Suit Against Rite AidOn March 13, 2023, just a week after announcing the creation of the Opioid Epidemic Civil Litigation Task Force, the Department of Justice intervened in an FCA suit in the Northern District...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleJudge Orders Precision Lens And Co-Founder To Pay US$487 Million In Damages And Penalties Stemming From Kickback VerdictIn February, a federal jury in Minnesota found that Precision Lens and its co-founder, Paul Ehlen (together, Defendants), violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting over 64,500...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleNavigating Patient Needs Remotely: Addressing Challenges In Patient AccessDuring the second webinar in our series on "Addressing Challenges and Mitigating Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond," our panel covered the following topics: ◾the effects of insurance loss / economic disruption...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleNo "Cause" For Concern: Despite Supreme Court Setback, Trial Jury Vindicates SuperValuIn June 2023, FCA practitioners around the country became familiar with U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., when the Supreme Court issued its opinion in that case. As Qui Notes readers will recall...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticlePain Management Clinic Fined $1.19 Million For Alleged HIPAA Security Rule ViolationsOn December 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty against a Florida-based pain management clinic for alleged violations of the HIPAA Security Rule.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticlePressing Forward: Oversight Subcommittee Explores Lessons Learned At Pandemic Fraud HearingOn October 19, the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee (Subcommittee on Oversight) held a hearing on "Investigating Pandemic Fraud: Preventing History from Repeating Itself."United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleThe Eighth Circuit Teaches Relators: Don't Ask A Question Unless You Can Plead The Answer Under Rule 9(b)Earlier this summer, the Eighth Circuit was the latest circuit to weigh in on the growing split regarding what precisely a relator must plead to satisfy Rule 9(b)'s United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleUpdate On Clinical Trials Transparency In The EUPublication of clinical trial data and results continues to be a hot topic in the EU. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleWith Big Third Quarter (And Even Bigger Beginning To Q4), DOJ Fast Approaching Total FCA Recoveries From FY2018As usual, the Q3 numbers were driven mainly by a handful of large recoveries—mostly from the pharmaceutical industry.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesArnold & Porter
ArticleBSA/AML Reform Under The NDAAOn January 1, 2020, Congress voted to override the president's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), enacting the most significant overhaul of the...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleDOJ Procurement Collusion Strike Force Earns ConvictionOn June 7, 2021, under the terms of a plea agreement, Judge Louise Flanagan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ordered Contech Engineered Solutions LLC (Contech) to pay...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleFormer Assistant To US Solicitor General Allon Kedem Joins Arnold & Porter's Appellate And Supreme Court PracticeMr. Elwood said: "Allon is one of the most talented Supreme Court advocates in the country.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleGovernor Newsom Signs Sweeping Climate Disclosure Laws And Calls For AmendmentsOver the weekend, Governor Newsom signed California's first in the nation greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure and climate-related financial risk reporting legislation...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
PodcastHow To Win On Policy In 2025: Don't Skip 2024 (Podcast)There's only six months until Election Day, but we can't write off 2024 as just another "election year." Our policy analysts with decades of Hill experience discuss how the seeds...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleOur Predictions For 2024: False Claims Act ConstitutionalityIn the latest episode of Bona Fide Needs, Pub K Managing Editor Bill Olver is joined by Arnold & Porter False Claims Act Investigations & Defense attorneys Christian Sheehan...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleReviewing The Tenure Of Justice Mary Jane Theis (Part 5 Of 6)This time, we've reached the home stretch in our review of Justice Theis' tenure. In this post, we're reviewing the areas of law in which she's written civil majority and civil dissents.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter