February 4, 2019
Medicaid Fraud
Medicaid pays for approximately 20% of all healthcare expenses in the United States, over $600 billion each year. Well over 500,000 healthcare providers, ranging from hospital chains to individual doctors to ambulance helicopter pilots, receive payments from Medicaid every year. Inevitably a few of the providers will try to defraud […]
January 31, 2019
False Claims Act Information
The eighteenth-century philosopher, Edmund Burke, long ago cautioned that, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.” That admonition still holds true today. Whistleblowing involves individuals willing to come forward to stop fraud and other wrongdoing against the government (and by extension, the […]
January 25, 2019
Healthcare Fraud
Quite simply, a kickback is an inducement – offering or giving something of value in exchange for getting business referrals. Although that type of behavior can be perfectly legal in some segments of the commercial world, it is not permitted when the business that is being referred is paid for […]
January 16, 2019
News
Berger Montague is proud to announce that the firm has elected Michael Dell’Angelo as the newest member of its Executive Committee. The firm has also selected Shareholder Ruthanne Gordon to serve as its first Chief Administrative Officer.
January 8, 2019
False Claims Act Information
In 2015, Vermont enacted its own version of the federal False Claims Act.[1] Generally speaking, the Vermont False Claims Act is very similar to the Federal False Claims Act except that the Vermont law prohibits fraud upon the state government, while the federal law prohibits fraud upon the federal government. […]
January 3, 2019
News
Berger Montague is pleased to announce that it has elected Eric L. Cramer its new firm Chair. Mr. Cramer is the fifth Chair in the firm’s illustrious 49-year history. He has been with the firm since 1995, most recently serving as co-chair of the firm’s antitrust department and on the firm’s Executive Committee.
December 18, 2018
News
Berger Montague is proud to announce that Chairman Emeritus & Of Counsel H. Laddie Montague Jr. and Chairman Eric L. Cramer are included in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Competition 2019.
December 17, 2018
Healthcare Fraud
Medical necessity has implications for good, safe patient care and for reimbursement or payment decisions. Although an unnecessary treatment is not always dangerous, it could be used in place of a more appropriate treatment. It could also have side effects or risks that are not justified when the treatment is […]
December 14, 2018
News
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Notice to the Direct Purchaser Class (dated Dec. 14, 2018)
December 10, 2018
News
Berger Montague is proud to announce that the firm has been named 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers by The National Law Journal in two award categories: “Environmental Protection” for the firm’s work in Cook v. Rockwell International Corporation and “Privacy/Data Breach” for the firm’s work in Beckett v. Aetna, Inc., et al.
November 9, 2018
News
The Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ Counsel in the pending class action lawsuit against the UFC have postponed the information session for members of the proposed class that was scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on December 5, 2018, at the law offices of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Plaintiffs’ Counsel will provide a new date for the class member information session after December 14.
November 1, 2018
News
Berger Montague is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a 2019 "Best Law Firm" by U.S. News and Best Lawyers. The "Best Law Firms" rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes collecting client and lawyer evaluations, gathering peer reviews from leading attorneys in the field, and reviewing additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.