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Despite high rates of unemployment and on-again-off-again business closures due to the pandemic, total annual bankruptcy filings in 2020 fell 29.7 percent over year prior, according to a report[1] released last Thursday by...
Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP is proud to announce the elevation of Whitney Z. Bernstein to the firm’s partnership. Whitney is an accomplished attorney particularly well known for her expertise in complex white...
A prisoner’s lawsuit against officials at a Nevada state prison facility has been revived by the Ninth Circuit. The plaintiff’s suit alleges that prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free of cruel...
A recent opinion from the Ninth Circuit held that false certifications of medical necessity can give rise to liability under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). In Winter v. Gardens Regional Hosp. & Med. Ctr., the...
A Georgia company that manufactures and sells human tissue grafts agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The case, unsealed last October, settled relatively quickly before the...
The recently enacted “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act” (CARES) expands the applicability of the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA), passed just last year. As a result: Businesses with less than...
Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams Partner and former U.S. Trustee Steve Katzman shares his thoughts about what to expect and how to respond in a post-COVID-19 financial environment....
With the economy in turmoil due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, all of our businesses and practices may be impacted by bankruptcy issues. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely create a flood...
As anyone working in health care knows, the industry is a complex minefield of rules. Federal and state laws regulate referrals between health care providers and violations can carry heavy civil and criminal penalties. ...