9/25/18: We all hear about corporate culture and compliance starting at the top. Recently Tim Ryan, U.S. chairman of PwC, showed what corporate leadership from the top looks like in practice. In the aftermath of the tragic shooting of PwC employee Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment, Ryan circulated an email to all employees asking them to take a step in building a better workforce and country. How?
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9/25/18: An Alert to clients from law firm Ropes & Gray focuses attention on the anti-competition of bid-rigging in transactions between government and private companies. The Alert acknowledges the temptation behind the illegal activity noting, “… participating companies and the third-party intermediaries that represent them in bidding often try to find ways to ensure that their company’s product is the one selected.”
9/25/18: In late August the Second Court’s decision in United States v. Hoskins established limits on the ability of DOJ to prosecute foreign nationals without direct ties to the US or a US company for FCPA violations.
9/25/18: Healthcare fraud has been a focus of the US Department of Justice for years, for good reason. It costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year. In a recent settlement with two regional healthcare companies and their affiliated ambulance company, DOJ agreed to resolve its False Claims Act lawsuit for $21 million.