DOJ and states keep escalating fraud enforcement; health care fraud has been the No. 2 federal priority; 47 states now have fraud control units
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Both the federal government and the states have in the mid-1990s vastly expanded health care fraud enforcement, and more advanced investigative methodologies and resources have also increased government intervention. Attorney General Janet Reno in 1993 made health care fraud the No. 2 federal law enforcement priority, and soon thereafter the Department of Justice's National Healthcare Fraud Working Group was established. Most of the states have Medicaid fraud control units, and these have been leaders in health care fraud prevention since 1997.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1999
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SEC wants firms liable for filings; amicus favors investors in 3d Cir. Drinker Biddle case
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The United States Court of Appeals for the 3d Circuit will decide in Klein v. Boyd if the Supreme Court's 1994 ruling in Central Bank v. First Interstate, eliminating aider-and-abettor liability for securities fraud, nonetheless permits holding a law firm primarily liable for a client's misstatements in SEC documents. Amicus briefs filed by the SEC and the Department of Justice argue that neither Central Bank nor RICO should stand in the way of such liability.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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