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...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The U.S. Goverment has announced that Hino Motors has agreed to pay over $1.6 Billion to resolve criminal and civil actions for violations related to the company's submission of false and fraudulent engine emissions. According to the Government's release, For over a decade, Hino...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today about Global Marketing Systems, Inc. (GMS), the world's largest cash buyer of offshore assets for recycling. I had never heard of GMS or even the kind of company , but its darned interesting. What GMS...

The whistleblowers who reported Kaiser Permanente's Medicare fraud resulting in a payment of $556 million to the government are entitled to $95 million.  Under the False Claims Act, private parties are permitted to bring forward a lawsuit on behalf of the United States and receive a portion of the recovery.

Canada has agreed to cut its tariff on Chinese EVs from 100% down to about 6.1% for a quota of roughly 49,000 vehicles in year one, with room to rise toward 70,000 over several years. The quota relates to low-priced Chinese EVs (around 33,000 dollars or less), which makes them highly competitive...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq According to recent news reports, Canada has not only cut its tariffs on Chinese cars by 100 percent, it is now discussing joint ventures with China to manufacture a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge. Reports describe Ottawa designing an auto policy that explicitly...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. Engineers and planners are hard at work refashioning our national electrical grid in order to meet the increasing demand for electricity. U.S. data centers used about 183 TWh in 2024, roughly 4% of national electricity use, with projections that demand will more than double...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. Today, the House of Representatives passed the Remote Access Security Act, a bipartisan bill that modernizes the Export Control Reform Act by expanding federal authority to restrict foreign adversaries’ ability to access technologies, including AI chips, remotely through cloud computing services.

The law firms of Vezina Law, PLC, Morgan Verkamp, LLC, Todd & Weld, LLP, and Jeff Newman Law are pleased to announce the successful settlement of the False Claims Act matter captioned United States ex rel. Michelle Mackillop v. Grand Canyon Education, Inc., et al. The False Claims Act allows private persons...