Criminal Law

We have previously provided guidance on the proper assessment of criminal offence provisions for ASIC breach reporting purposes. In our experience across the industry, this continues to be an overlooked...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it was expanding the Criminal Division's Health Care Fraud Unit's Strike Force (Strike Force) to the District of Massachusetts.

The facts before the Third Circuit in the recently decided case of Patel v. United States illustrate how parties can put themselves in a bind if they make factual admissions when resolving a criminal case involving fraud on the government while not simultaneously resolving the government's civil claims under the False Claims Act (FCA) for the same underlying conduct.