Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell extensively featured in Forbes on the continuing saga of the Boeing whistleblower story and the need to strengthen protections for aviation whistleblowers. Read April 27, 2024 at constantinecannon.com
The DOJ recently announced that Consolidated Nuclear Security (“CNS”), a company that contracted with the government to manage and operate a site for the National Nuclear Security Administration, paid over $18 million to settle False Claims Act claims. According to the settlement agreement, the government contended that CNS submitted claims [...]
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: CFPB Internal Shakeup to Supercharge Fintech, Big Bank Cops Bloomberg Law – April 19, 2024 (subscription may be required) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement and supervision teams, including those overseeing financial technology firms and other nonbank lenders, will soon get a direct line to [...]
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Two US lawmakers raise concerns over Disney, Fox, Warner sports streaming venture. U.S. lawmakers Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro raised competition concerns over the sports streaming joint venture planned by [...]
Last week, Christi Grimm, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), testified before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The subcommittee hearing, aptly titled “Examining How Improper Payments Cost Taxpayers Billions and Weaken Medicare and Medicaid,” focused on recent efforts to combat healthcare [...]
Last Friday (April 19), the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that SCG Plastics Co., part of a Bangkok-based multinational enterprise, agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges it violated OFAC sanctions on Iran. Specifically, the government claimed SCG Plastics caused U.S. financial institutions to [...]
The government is looking for whistleblowers with inside information of anticompetitive conduct in the healthcare markets. This comes from DOJ’s announcement yesterday (April 18), in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of the government’s launch of “an easily accessible online portal [...]
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: ANTITRUST—E.D.N.Y.: 7-Eleven, Home Depot Claims Against Visa Defendants Survive Summary Judgment VitalLaw – April 15, 2024 Although 7-Eleven and Home Depot claims survived, the court deemed the equitable relief class debit monopolization claim “economically senseless” while their credit monopolization claim lacked necessary evidence about both [...]
This week’s Scoundrel in the Spotlight is Boris Aminov. Yesterday (April 17), the Department of Justice announced Aminov was sentenced to nine years in prison “for engaging in a years-long scheme that exploited vulnerable HIV patients and defrauded Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies out of at least $20 million.” [...]
On April 15, BBC reported on the efforts of Tesla whistleblower Cristina Balan to clear her name after her decade-long battle with Tesla. It all started when she raised safety concerns at the company and was ultimately fired for sounding the alarm. While she won a wrongful dismissal case, Tesla [...]