The second quarter of 2022 brought a number of noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) settlements, including several of $20 million or more. This post summarizes key settlements of interest to healthc...

Last fall, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“CCFI”) as part of its effort to “combat new and emerging cyber threats to the security of se...

We are on a DRI panel this September in Nashville discussing challenges to expert testimony, so we are especially vigilant when it comes to new cases on this subject. The rulings on expert admiss...

The head of a South Korean investigative panel has accused the previous government of falsely claiming that two North Korean defectors had killed 16 people before defecting to the South in order ...

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's chief health officer promoted ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. False. The claim appears to be a misattribution of comments made by the chair of ...

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins, who is seeking re-election, this week falsely claimed that the Fraternal Order of Police’s Flagler/Palm Coast lodge and the local 10-13 club of retired Ne...

The claim: Video shows a mass shooting on July 4 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania In the wake of the Highland Park shooting, a livestreamed video circulating on Facebook purports to show the afterma...

Washington — When Russian missiles struck a mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk last month, the deadly attack sent ripples of disinformation across Europe. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the...

TINLEY PARK, IL — Reports of two armed robberies at a convenience store in Tinley Park and another at a grocery store said to have happened this week are unfounded, police said Wednesday. The rep...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A physician assistant is facing federal charges for his role in a genetic testing scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $10 million in fraudulent claims to the Med...