Predicating False Claims Act liability on false cost estimates may impact contractors' willingness to take on projects involving next generation technologies *

USA - October 24 2012
In 1995, the U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin the RSA II Contract (the “Contract”) for the provision of software and hardware used to support space launch operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cape Kennedy.

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Meaning of FCPA's "foreign official" causes uncertainty for companies doing business abroad *

USA - June 15 2012
One of the goals of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) is to prevent U.S. companies and individuals from paying bribes to foreign officials in exchange for business.

Co-authors: Alison N. Kleaver .

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Meaning of FCPA's "foreign official" causes uncertainty for companies doing business abroad *

USA - May 24 2012
One of the goals of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) is to prevent US companies and individuals from paying bribes to foreign officials in exchange for business.

Co-authors: Alison N. Kleaver .

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The Federal Government takes aim at Medicare fraud *

USA - May 14 2012
On May 2, 2012, Federal agents with the Department of Justice's (“DOJ”) special task force made the biggest Medicare bust in U.S. history, and a splash in the media, when it cracked down on a number of unrelated Medicare fraud schemes across the country that resulted in an alleged $450 million in false claims being submitted to Medicare over the past six years.

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The uncomfortable resurgence of the responsible corporate officer doctrine *

USA - March 28 2012
Corporate executives in the health care and environmental industries are rapidly coming to appreciate the implications of the responsible corporate officer doctrine, a recently-revitalized weapon in U.S. Department of Justice’s battle against corporate crime.

Co-authors: Michael W. Emmick .

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