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On February 24, 2021, DOJ’s Criminal Division Fraud Section published its annual year-end summary (available here). The Fraud Section focuses on prosecuting white-collar crime. The report summarizes enforcement activity in the past year and discusses notable cases from the Fraud Section’s three litigation units: (1) the Health Care Fraud (HCF) Unit; (2) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit; and (3) the Market Integrity and Major Frauds (MIMF) Unit. In summarizing the Fraud Section’s main achievements from 2020, the report also provides valuable insights on what lies ahead for the Fraud Section in 2021. This post focuses on the health care enforcement portion of the Fraud Section’s report.
LITIGATION DEVELOPMENTS
Individual Prosecutions Down But Corporate Resolutions Steady
for DOJ s Fraud Section in 2020, with More in the Pipeline
The Department of Justice s ( DOJ ) Fraud Section
recently released a year-in-review report that shows the
section s strong performance in 2020, despite challenges caused
by the global pandemic. Although individual prosecutions were down
approximately 30% from 2019, the number of corporate resolutions
remained steady. The report also emphasizes the section s rapid
response to fraud in connection with the Paycheck Protection
Program and highlights one of the largest-ever National Health Care
Fraud and Prescription Opioid Takedowns.
In 2020, the Fraud Section charged 326 individuals across its
three litigation units: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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The Biden administration has hit the ground running, issuing a flurry of executive orders, actions and memoranda with sweeping implications affecting a wide range of key issues. Companies should look internally and evaluate risks with particular consideration for administration priorities. This risk assessment can help to inform updates to compliance protocols. This article discusses where the administration is likely to focus its civil and criminal enforcement efforts in the months and years ahead.
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Norton Rose Fulbright bolsters global investigations capabilities with Celia Cohen
Norton Rose FulbrightMarch 10, 2021 GMT
New York, March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Celia Cohen has joined its New York office as a partner after leading internal investigations for JPMorgan Chase’s Government, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement Group.
A former federal prosecutor, white-collar defense lawyer and in-house counsel, Cohen has a practice that is both domestic and cross-border with a focus on government and regulatory investigations, including issues relating to market manipulation, insider trading, fraud, bribery, money laundering, cybersecurity and matters under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and False Claims Act.