Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries across the economy, and the legal profession is no exception. As AI technologies become more sophisticated and widely adopted, courts, attorneys, businesses, and individuals are confronting new legal and ethical questions regarding their use. Although AI offers significant opportunities to improve efficiency, it also presents new risks that are reshaping the practice of law. Three issues, in particular, are rapidly … [Read more...]
FinCEN’s AML Whistleblower Program: What It Means for Reporting Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
On March 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued two significant announcements. The first was a formal advisory to financial institutions nationwide, directing them to increase their vigilance for fraud targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs. The second was a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would, for the first time, establish a comprehensive framework for paying financial awards to individuals who … [Read more...]
Durable Medical Equipment Fraud: The Long-Running Schemes That Keep Costing Taxpayers
A network of foreign operatives, communicating through encrypted messaging and using assumed identities, sent representatives into the United States with a specific assignment: buy as many medical supply companies as possible, as quickly as possible, and start billing Medicare. Over the course of the scheme, the organization acquired dozens of suppliers across the country and submitted more than $10.6 billion in fraudulent claims for urinary catheters and other durable medical equipment, using … [Read more...]
Cost Mischarging on Government Contracts: How Contractors Shift Unallowable Costs to Taxpayers
At most government contractors, the people who decide which contract number gets charged for a given expense are not executives. They are project managers, timekeeping administrators, and accounting staff working through spreadsheets and cost allocation systems, often under pressure to hit budget targets or keep commercial work profitable. The decisions they make, sometimes under explicit direction from above and sometimes as a matter of quiet institutional habit, can cross a legal line that … [Read more...]
Retaliation Against Whistleblowers: Your Legal Rights Under the False Claims Act
Deciding to report fraud against the federal government is not easy. For most people who come forward, the hardest part is not finding the evidence or understanding the law. It is the fear of what happens next. Will you lose your job? Will your career suffer? Will colleagues treat you differently? Those fears are legitimate. Retaliation against whistleblowers happens, but the False Claims Act anticipates it, and the law provides specific, enforceable rights for people who experience it. What … [Read more...]
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