Government Litigation and Enforcement
Businesses and individuals across many industries – consumer products to healthcare – rely on McLane Middleton’s leading government enforcement litigation practice to guide them through investigations, enforcement actions, and compliance issues.
McLane Middleton understands the complex regulatory environment in which companies and professionals operate. With three former state attorneys general and a team of former federal prosecutors and career white collar defense attorneys, our team helps businesses and professionals pre-empt or mitigate the impact of government investigations and enforcement actions.
Our firm has been involved in most high-profile enforcement efforts undertaken by State Attorneys General in New England, as well as many nationwide enforcement efforts. Responding to multi-state enforcement actions requires a deep knowledge of local and state government, as well as the nuances of coordinated litigation across multiple states.
We have represented clients on matters relating to:
- Multi-State Attorney General enforcement actions
- False Claims Act (FCA), whistleblower and qui tam actions
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Federal Trade Commission and State consumer protection act matters
- Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions
- Financial crimes
- Federal and state employment and workplace investigations
- Internal Revenue Service and state tax audits and assessments
- Environmental enforcement actions
- Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse pricing issues
- The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)
- Privacy and data security issues
- Public corruption cases
- Intellectual property crimes
When possible, avoiding regulatory investigations is the preferred path for most companies. Clients frequently call on us to conduct sensitive internal investigations and provide counseling on risk assessment, compliance, and prevention. We have extensive experience in crisis management services and work with clients to develop strategies to reduce regulatory exposure and reputational harm.
When litigation is required to defend our clients’ best interests, we aggressively litigate enforcement matters in state and federal courts. We also routinely appear before state and federal agencies in the region, including state-level financial, securities, insurance, health, and pharmaceutical regulators. We carefully assemble the right team to address complex enforcement matters at all levels of government.
For additional information, contact Michael Delaney, chair of the firm's Litigation Department.
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