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 Giuliani
for the Defense
The Newark Star Ledger's
Pharmalot
blog notes that, "when Rudy [Giuliani] was U.S. Attorney
in Manhattan, he didn't hesitate to send insider traders
... to jail," but since then he's been active as lead
counsel for Purdue Pharma on the OxyContin settlement.
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 Winking
at Corporate Crime
Russell Mokhiber celebrated the 20th anniversary
of Corporate Crime Reporter
with a piece
entitled "Twenty
Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime" in
which he explains how prosecutors wink at white collar
crime. >>
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 Medicaid Integrity A new report by Victoria Wachino for the Kaiser Family Foundation concludes that while the new Medicaid Integrity program mandated under the Deficit Reduction Act is a very good idea, the challenge ahead will be in getting the states, which actually administer the program, to coordinate and implement oversight mechanisms. >> To read more |
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 Medicare AdvantageSeven major private health care insurers are suspending sales of "fee-for-service" Medicare Advantage plans amid allegations of illegal and aggressive sales practices. >> To read more |
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 Judge Aims to Prosecute Whistleblower's Lawyer U.S. District Judge William M. Acker Jr. has asked federal prosecutors in Birmingham, Alabama to prosecute Mississippi attorney Richard F. Scruggs and his firm for turning over documents, purporting to show massive insurance fraud, to the Mississippi Attorney General rather than the company that engaged in the fraud. >> To read more |
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 Predictable Weather?
So far, the U.S. Attorney's office in Baton Rouge has shown
little interest in False
Claims Act cases filed against the
insurance industry. One
blogger
suggests it might be because the U.S. Attorney there was
formerly a partner with a Lafayette, Louisiana
firm that specializes in defending the insurance
industry. U.S. District Judge Peter Beer
has
formally
asked the U.S.
Dept. Justice to explain.
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