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...

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...