Praised for its combination of ‘technical acumen and commercial judgment’, McDermott Will & Schulte represents both corporate and individual clients in criminal, regulatory, and parallel enforcement actions, such as ones brought by the Securities and Exchange commission and the Department of Justice, and has expertise in proceedings relating to antitrust, sanctions, tax, and cross-border anti-corruption investigations. The practice is co-led by Laura McLane in Boston, a False Claims Act expert and go-to advisor to life healthcare and life sciences companies, seasoned trial attorney Benton Curtis in Miami, who advises on matters involving government enforcement defense, internal investigations, and compliance counselling, and Edward B. Diskant in New York, who focuses on white-collar, litigation, and regulatory enforcement matters.
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Key clients
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Beekman Investment Partners
- Crouse Health System
- CVS Health
- FPA Real Estate Advisers Group
- Geisinger Health System
- GoHealth, Inc.
- Input Output Global Inc. (Cardano Voucher Program Investigation)
- Inspired Entertainment Inc.
- Maltese Capital Management LLC
- Tris Pharma
- Vohra Wound Physicians
Work highlights
Representing Input Output Global Inc. in a high-profile internal investigation into the public allegations concerning mishandling of approximately US$300m worth of Cardano tokens following the initial blockchain launch and redemption of 'vouchers'.
Representing a publicly traded, multinational healthcare company before the DOJ and SEC in an FCPA investigation related to alleged corruption in India, further to a whistleblower and a series of allegations about the way that the company conducted business in India.
Advising Dr. Ameet Vohra and his affiliated entities, Vohra Wound Physicians Management, in a DOJ-initiated False Claims Act lawsuit based on complex claims data analytics rather than a whistleblower (qui tam) complaint, while also advising on related Medicare suspension issues and potential retaliatory conduct claims.
Practice head
Laura McLane; Benton Curtis; Edward B. Diskant
Other key lawyers
Dana M. McSherry; Mark W. Pearlstein; John P. Nowak; Sagar Ravi; Caitlyn M. Campbell; Todd Harrison; Alexander H. Southwell; Jennifer B. Routh; Douglas Koff