All Department of Justice articles – Page 39
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Mylan will pay $465 million to resolve False Claims Act liability
Mylan, maker of the EpiPen, has agreed to pay $465 million to settle Department of Justice allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misclassifying the epinephrine injector as a generic drug to avoid paying Medicaid rebates.
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Vantage Drilling: Justice Department ends FCPA probe
Vantage Drilling Company, an offshore drilling contractor, announced this week that it will not be facing an enforcement action from the Department of Justice regarding a previously disclosed investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Stericycle faces FCPA probe
Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal company, disclosed in a recent securities filing that it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice for potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning the company’s operations in Latin America.
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Teradata discloses FCPA probe
Teradata, an IT service management company, disclosed in its most recent quarterly filing that it has, through internal processes, discovered potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning one of its international subsidiaries doing business in Turkey.
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How Hui Chen prompted an evolution in compliance at the DoJ
Hui Chen’s time as compliance counsel at the DoJ’s Fraud Section was short and eventful and did a lot to move the needle on how the DoJ views corporate compliance programs.
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Net1: Department of Justice closed FCPA probe
Net1 UEPS Technologies, a Johannesburg, South Africa-based provider of alternative payment systems, last week received a letter from the Criminal Division's Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice advising the company that it has closed its investigation concerning possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Newmont Mining FCPA case ends in declination
Newmont Mining said in a quarterly filing this week that it will not be facing an enforcement action from the Department of Justice regarding a previously disclosed investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Compliance, risk, and the opioid scandal
The pharmaceutical industry may be the next victim of the opioid epidemic, as the government turns its focus on the pharmaceutical manufacturers themselves, not the addict or drug abuser.
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The compliance side of the war on drugs
In a precedent-setting case, drugmaker Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a $35 million settlement with the U.S. federal government for failing to monitor its sales channels for suspicious orders.
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Ethics and compliance in United States takes global stage
What do the recent resignations of Walter Shaub, director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, and Department of Justice Compliance Counsel Hui Chen mean for the ethics and compliance community?
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412 charged in record health care fraud ‘takedown’
A nationwide “takedown” by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has resulted in charges against a record 412 healthcare professionals—the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action—for their alleged participation in health care fraud schemes involving approximately $1.3 billion in false billings.
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DoJ seeks to recover $144M in Nigerian oil industry corruption case
The Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $144 million in assets obtained from corruption in the Nigerian oil industry.
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Artifacts and artwork can collect trouble
Craft supply giant Hobby Lobby is in hot water for illegally importing historical artifacts. Other collections, including artwork, can also be a big problem for unsuspecting firms.
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World Bank sanctions CDM Smith
CDM Smith has been sanctioned by the World Bank for failing to disclose a sub-consulting agreement for a project in Vietnam.
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Distilling lessons from the FCPA Pilot Program
A year after the DoJ launched its FCPA pilot program, companies are gaining much-valued insight on how to self-disclose and cooperate with the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
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New leadership, similar enforcement agenda
Amid plenty of public turmoil in the Trump administration’s early days, the enforcement agendas of both the DoJ and the SEC remain fundamentally unchanged.
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CDM Smith probe ends in declination with disgorgement
The Fraud Section of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division last month issued its seventh declination under the FCPA Pilot Program, and the second under the Trump Administration. It was also the fourth declination with disgorgement, a developing FCPA enforcement trend.
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New DoJ policy limits settlement relief options
For years, companies facing regulatory settlements had the option of delivering payments to non-governmental third parties as part of their punishment. No longer.
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Linde FCPA probe ends in DoJ declination
The Department of Justice closed its investigation into industrial-gas supplier Linde for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act without bringing an enforcement action, making it the first public declination under the Trump Administration.
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The Escobar decision, one year later
A year after the Supreme Court more closely defined materiality and implied consent in False Claims Act cases, compliance officers still have more questions than answers.