David Hazelton

US Congress set to make more than $350 billion available to eligible small business concerns. On March 27, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The...more DOJ’s intervention against PE firm defendant may signal increased exposure for PE firms under the False Claims Act. Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued a private equity (PE) firm in a False Claims...more Leaked DOJ memo instructs government attorneys to consider dismissing certain False Claims Act qui tam actions. On January 10, 2018, Michael D. Granston, Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of...more On September 3, 2014, U.K.-based medical device maker Smith & Nephew (the ‘‘Company’’) agreed to pay $8.3 million (plus an additional $3 million in attorney’s fees) to resolve a lawsuit filed under the federal civil False...more