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Estate Planning Guide for New Parents

Estate Planning Guide for New Parents

Estate Planning Guide for New Parents

An estate planning guide for new parents.

Update on NHTSA Whistleblower Rules

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has yet to publish the proposed rules for the NHTSA whistleblower program. This whistleblower program was authorized by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act in December 2015.

Off-Label Marketing Whistleblower Lawsuit Settles for $280 Million

Celgene agreed to pay $280 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit brought in California accusing it of promoting two cancer drugs for unapproved uses.

Improper Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans Estimated at $16 Billion for FY2016

Medicare Advantage fraud has been an area of increasing focus recently. Earlier this year, the Department of Justice intervened in two whistleblower lawsuits against UnitedHealth. Investigations into the operation of other Medicare Advantage plans are reportedly continuing.

Duodenoscope News: Olympus Pays $6.6 Million; Fujifilm Recalls ED-530XT

There have been two recent developments regarding the spread of CRE Superbugs via duodenoscopes used in ERCP procedures that the FDA warned about in February 2016.

Reverse Mortgage Whistleblower Gets $1.6 Million FIRREA Award

The $89 million settlement in May between Financial Freedom and the United States regarding claims under the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 resulted in a $1.6 million bounty for a FIRREA whistleblower.

DHS Secretary John Kelly Appoints Julie Kirchner as New CIS Ombudsman

On May 2, 2017, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly announced the appointment of Julie Kirchner as the CIS Ombudsman.

Named to Florida Trend’s 2016 Legal Elite for Business Litigation

Aaron Resnick, Esq. has been named to Florida Trend’s 2016 Legal Elite™ for Business Litigation. The state’s top lawyers are recognized in the 2016 edition of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite™.

Kodak Black Sued for Skipping a Concert to Go on Vacation

The Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A.’s recent lawsuit for clients suing famous rap artist Kodak Black was recently featured in the Broward New Times.

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