According to a press release from the Department of Justice. the owner of two telemedicine companies was sentenced today to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $27.9 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for unnecessary durable medical equipment. According to...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is restricting the sale of GLP-1 non approved ingredients that are made and sold by compound pharmacies. These products are being mass-marketed as similar alternatives to approved FDA drugs. The FDA is also taking steps...

Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General has issued a lawsuit against Anzu robotics alleging that the company did not disclose ties it has with a Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, which was been placed on the U.S. export blacklist in 2020. DJI, based in Shenzhen, had challenged its inclusion, arguing the Department of...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq Cyclic Materials, a Toronto based startup company has developed a method of recycling end of life products including car parts, and e-scrap to recover and refine rare earth minerals including neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium. To that end, the company is looking to establish...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The law firm Jeff Newman Law is pleased to announce the settlement of a False Claims Act (FCA) case against Center for Disability Services Holding Corporation d/b/a St. Margaret’s Center, a pediatric skilled nursing facility in Albany, New York, caring for chronically ill and...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. Artificial intelligence is now being successfully to find gold deposits. AI systems analyze satellite imagery and sirborne surveys to spot structural changes associated with gold deposits. In addition, the computer systems are digesting vast amounts of information about soil and rock assays and information...

According to US Central Command, and Associated Press, a U.S. Navy F-35 C fighter jet from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln shot down an Iranbian drone that was approaching the vessel in the Arabian Sea. The drone “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier with “unclear intent” and kept flying toward it “despite...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of compounded versions of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound as of April 22 of this year. The FDA’s move to stop the sale of compounded versions of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound is driven by...

By Jeffrey A. Newman According to the US attorneys office, Former CEO of First Brands Group, LLC, Patrick James, and Former Senior Executive, Edward James, Deceived Multiple Banks and Direct Lenders Through Fake Collateral, Double- and Triple-Pledged Assets, and Misleading Financial Statements. As alleged in the indictment, PATRICK JAMES...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Here is one question that comes up in in most custom frauds cases under the False Claims Act: What is the legal responsibility of a company importing products from China, or any other non favored nation? U.S. law (19 U.S.C. § 1484, the “Customs...