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Department of Justice Follows Through on Threat of Individual Prosecution

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Only weeks after Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced that the government was going to take a harder line against individuals in corporate fraud cases, the government has charged the former CEO of Warner Chilcott. Carl Reichel was arrested in connection with a health care fraud, false claims and kickback investigation that has also lead Read more →

No Probable Cause Found in Complaint Against Clinical Social Worker Intern

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In a case involving a Social Worker represented by the health care licensure defense attorneys at Nicholson & Eastin, LLP, the Probable Cause Panel for the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling determined that no probable cause of a violation existed and directed that the case be closed. Read more →

False Claims Act Whistleblower Also Receives Share of Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Imposed By HHS-OIG

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For what appears to be the first time, a False Claims Act whistleblower who received a reward in connection with the False Claims Act case also received a share of a subsequent CMP imposed by the HHS-OIG in a related enforcement action. As background, the False Claims Act case had been brought against Jack Baker, Read more →

Revocation of Medicare Billing Privileges Reversed for Florida Physician

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At Nicholson & Eastin, LLP, our attorneys successfully reversed the revocation of Medicare billing privileges for a physician client. After nearly a year-long investigation conducted by SafeGuard Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the physician’s billing privileges had been revoked. However, after a strong reconsideration appeal prepared by our firm, First Read more →

Robert Nicholson Inducted into The National Association of Distinguished Counsel

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Nicholson & Eastin, LLP are proud to announce that Robert N. Nicholson has been selected to the 2015 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the Read more →