NEWS & EVENTS

Below is a list of just some of the many publications and presentations made by the lawyers in our national qui tam whistleblower practice group on the subject of federal and state False Claims Acts.

• "The Key to Qui Tam Doesn't Unlock Door to Big Firm Life", The Legal Intelligencer, July 9, 2008 (PDF)

• “Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: False Claims Education Requirements and the Rise of State False Claims Acts,” Health Law Handbook, Gosfield, A., 20th ed., Thompson-West, 2008

• "Rockwell Int'l. Corp. v. United States: Supreme Court Clarifies the Original Source Exception in Federal False Claims Cases," American Bar Association’s Committee on Criminal Litigation, Vol. 7, No. 1

• “The Rise of State False Claims Acts,” American Bar Association’s Committee on Criminal Litigation, (Spring 2008)

• "Modern False Claims Act Liability: Cradle to Grave Liability? - Part II," Health Lawyers News, Vol. 11, No. 1 (January 2007)

• "Modern False Claims Act Liability: Cradle to Grave Liability?-Part I," Health Lawyers News, Vol. 10, No. 12 (December 2006)

• "Analysis & Perspective: Should False Claims Act Cases Be Mediated and, if So, by Whom?" BNA's Health Care Fraud Report, Vol. 10, No. 21 (October 2006)

• “False Claims Act Damages: One Size Doesn’t Fit All,” Health Lawyers News, Vol. 10, No. 7 (July 2006)

• “States, Statues, and Fraud: An Empirical Study of Emerging State False Claims Acts,” 80 Tulane Law Review 465 (December 2005)

• “The SmithKline Settlement, A Case Study: Department of Justice v. Qui Tam Relators," Health Care Fraud Report, Bureau of National Affairs (June 1998)

• "The Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act: Theory, Practice and Procedure," Health Law Handbook, 1998 ed., 149-176 (Gosfield, A. ed.).

• "Current Practice and Procedure under the Whistleblower Provisions of the Federal False Claims Act," 71 Temple Law Review 23 (1998)

• "The Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act: Even Success Has Its Challenges," ABA Health Law Litigation (1998)

• "Whistleblower Cases Under Federal False Claims Act", Allegheny County Bar Association (Pittsburgh, PA) December 4, 2008

• "The New Jersey False Claims Act:  Risks for Providers; Opportunities for Whistleblowers",  Health and Hospital Law Section, New Jersey State Bar Association (New Brunswick, NJ) September 2008

• " Pharma Fraud:  AWP and Beyond", Eighth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference (Washington, DC)  September 2008

• "Fleshing Out Your Complaint, Obtaining Evidence: A Case Study," Eighth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference (Washington, DC) (September 2008)

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• "Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement", American Bar Association 7th National Institute (Washington, D.C.)(June 2008)

• “Theories of Liability and Defenses Under the False Claims Act,” Health Care Compliance Association's 12th Annual Compliance Institute (New Orleans, LA) (April 2008)

• "Federal False Claims Act: Basics and Beyond," Government Contracts & Litigation Conference, American Conference Institute (Washington, D.C.) (October 2007)

• "Fundamentals and Recent Developments of Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Litigation," False Claims Litigation in Florida (Miami, FL) (October 2007)

• “Federal False Claims Act Developments,” American Bar Association’s 17th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud (New Orleans, LA) (May 2007)

• "Theories of Liability and Defenses Under the False Claims Act," Health Care Compliance Association's 11th Annual Compliance Institute (Chicago, IL) (April 2007)

• “Research Fraud,” Sixth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference (Washington, D.C.) (September 2006)

• "Can Qui Tam Lawsuits Be Avoided?" American Health Lawyers Association Fraud & Compliance Forum (Baltimore, MD) (September 2006)

• "The Growing Whistleblower Threat...and What to Do About It," The Florida Healthcare Corporate Compliance Association (Marco Island, FL) (June 2006)

• “The False Claims Act: The Year in Review,” 12th Annual Health Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Philadelphia, PA) (March 2006)

• "The Growing Whistleblower Threat… And What to Do About It," Florida Medical Compliance Summit (Fort Lauderdale, FL) (November 2005)

• "Practical Strategies for Bringing and Defending Qui Tam and FCA Cases," Advanced National Forum on False Claims Act Enforcement and Litigation (Washington, D.C.) (June 2005)

• "State False Claims Act & Qui Tam Enforcement," Health Care Fraud Institute, American Bar Association (Palm Springs, CA) (May 2005)

• "Public & Private Partnerships: The Investigation & Prosecution of a Qui Tam Matter," Conference, Taxpayers Against Fraud (Washington D.C.) (October 2004)

• "State Qui Tam Enforcement," 5th Annual National Health Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, American Bar Association (Washington, D.C.) (June 2004)

• "The Perspective of Qui Tam Relators Counsel," Health Care Compliance Certification Program, Seton Hall University Law School and Johnson & Johnson (Newark, NJ) (June 2004)

• "Qui Tam/ Relators and Other Plaintiffs Counsel," 14th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section (New Orleans, LA) (May 2004)

• "Protecting Whistleblowers-Litigation Strategies," Rutgers University School of Law and Urban Policy (Camden, NJ) (April 2004)

• "Current Status Of False Claims Litigation," 2003 Current Issues Conference, Society for Vascular Ultrasound (Arlington, VA) (November 2003)

• “Qui Tam Lawsuits And The False Claims Act ," Fraud and Compliance Forum, American Health Lawyers Association (Baltimore, MD) (September 2003)

• "Choosing Qui Tam Cases Wisely," National Conference for Relators' Counsel, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (Washington, D.C.) (June 2003)

• "Pre-trial Motion Practice Under the False Claims Act," National Conference on Qui Tam Litigation, American Bar Association (Washington, D.C.) (January 2003)

• "Qui Tam Panel," Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, (Philadelphia, PA) (November 2002)

• "Current Status of False Claims Litigation," Current Issues Conference, Society of Vascular Technology (Crystal City, VA) (November 2002)

• "Recent Developments in Quit Tam/Relator Law," Fraud & Compliance Forum, AHLA/HCCA (Washington, D.C.) (October 2001)

• Mealey's Qui Tam Conference (Washington, D.C.) (June 2001)

• Mealey's Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act Conference: A Practitioner's Forum (Pentagon City, VA) (June 2000)

• "Wrongful Discharge Claims Under 3730(h) and State Law", Second Annual National Institute on The Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (Washington, D.C.) (June 2000)

• "Anatomy of a Whistleblower Case," National Health Lawyers Association/American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys (Washington, D.C.) (October 1997)