Legal Eagle Review
SEC Charges KBR for Inflating Key Performance Metric and Accounting Controls Deficiencies
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Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged global engineering and construction company KBR Inc. with inflating a key, non-financial statement performance metric known as work in backlog. KBR agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to settle the SEC’s charges.
SEC Charges Attorney and Law Firm Business Manager With Illegal Sales of UBI Blockchain Internet Stock
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Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission Monday charged two men alleged to have profited from illegal sales of stock of a company claiming to have a blockchain-related business.
District court rules on redress, ROSCA, and disclosures
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Washington, DC - The scheme started with a Craigslist ad for a rental property and ended with a $5.2 million judgment for violations of the FTC Act, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Free Annual File Disclosures Rule. For a deep dive into FTC fundamentals, read the opinion granting the FTC’s Motion for Summary Judgment against Credit Bureau Center.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivers Remarks to the 24th Annual Joint Conference of the Montana Association of Chiefs of Police and the 88th Annual Montana Police Protective Association
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Thank you, Kurt, for that kind introduction. Thank you for your seven years of service to the Department of Justice and for your outstanding leadership now as United States Attorney.
Thank you to Anthony Hutchings, Buck Herron, Dan Smith, Bob Frank, Scott Conrad, and Jerry Williams for your leadership on the Board and for the invitation to join you today.
Allegiance Health Management to Pay More Than $1.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
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The Justice Department announced that Allegiance Health Management, Inc., (Allegiance), a post-acute healthcare management company based in Shreveport, Louisiana, and four hospitals owned and operated by Allegiance (collectively, the Allegiance Defendants), have agreed to pay more than $1.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the Allegiance Defendants submitted, and caused other hospitals to submit, claims for reimbursement from Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary.
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