Litigation

Discovery

Ed Fiducia, Chris Joe | Inventus, LLC

MCC: Chris, please tell us about a case you handled last August. What triggered the need for Inventus’s services, and how did you collaborate to manage the initial critical phases of that litigation? Joe: We had an IP case last summer – a patent lawsuit against a very significant,...

False Claims Act

Lori L. Pines, Christopher D. Barraza, Marihug P. Cedeño, Jessica K. Weigel | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Last year, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recovered nearly $5.7 billion under the False Claims Act (“FCA”),[1] setting a new record for civil recoveries under the FCA and easily besting 2013’s take of $3.8 billion.[2] A number of decisions interpreting the FCA...

Litigation

Nathan A. Brown | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

MCC: During your tenure at the FDA, there was a strong focus on medical product safety. What prompted such attention? Brown: Over the course of my time at the FDA in a couple different capacities starting in 2010, the issue of medical product safety, including medical device safety, was a...