As we previously reported, on September 27, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC“) filed an administrative complaint against POM Wonderful LLC (“POM“) for allegedly making unsubstantiated claims, which were also false […]
On January 10, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, issued a ruling upholding Floridas “Patient Self-Referral Act of 1992” (Fla. Stat. §456.05) as constitutional. The full text […]
In Florida, in the absence of a written “prevailing party” clause in a contract or another such contractual basis for fees, prevailing civil litigants generally may recover their attorneys fees […]
Within the past few years cloud computing has become popular with respect to everyday personal and business productivity. Between email, file sharing, word processing, web chatting and social media, the […]
As we previously reported, the nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated injections produced by New England Compounding Center (“NECC”), a compounding pharmacy in Framingham, Massachusetts, prompted calls by the […]
As we previously reported, President Obama signed the Food Safety and Modernization Act (“FSMA”) in January 2011 to help ensure the safety and security of foods in the United States. […]
I. General Background Fraud and abuse in the Medicare system undoubtedly increases healthcare costs for healthcare providers and healthcare beneficiaries. Healthcare providers, as a whole, can appreciate the efforts of […]
Bob and Sue were once passionately in love. Until Bob decided he wasnt. Sue did not like being jilted one bit. So, Sue took her revenge through the social media, […]
On January 8, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the […]
In addition to the criminal penalties which stem from a fraud based convictions, a court may also order a convicted defendant to pay restitution. “The purpose of restitution . . […]
