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Health Care Reform, or 'Qui Tams Made Easy'
While the insurance provisions of the new health care reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or PPACA) have received much media attention, the media have barely noticed another PPACA feature that could have a profound impact on the pharmaceutical, medical-device and health care industries ' its revisions to the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. ” 3729 et seq. The PPACA makes it significantly easier for whistleblowers to bring suits under the FCA, a statute that already entices whistleblower plaintiffs with potential millions in treble damages. An uptick in whistleblower suits will likely bring increased health care enforcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ), since whistleblower suits generated almost ten times as many new matters opened by the DOJ as department-initiated investigations during the period 2002-2009.
Narrowing What Is a 'Public Disclosure'
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How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.