Federal Sponsor Foreign Influence Investigations Continue NIH The NIH continues to investigate universities and researchers that it believes have not transparently disclosed financial ties to… Read more »

Sponsor Requirements regarding Sexual Harassment NSF Effective October 22, 2018, the National Science Foundation (NSF) implemented a new award term and condition that requires grantee… Read more »

The Opioid Crisis: An Emerging False Claims Act Risk Trend The government’s focus on the US opioid crisis has been consistently expanding over the past… Read more »

Compliance Week’s A-Coming! Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week is November 5 – 11. The Healthcare Compliance Team will be setting up a table and photo… Read more »

NIH Researchers – Annual Disclosures are Due! All investigators who are seeking or have obtained HHS research support must submit their annual update beginning on Thursday,… Read more »

UMass Amherst Hit with $650,000 HIPAA Settlement In November, federal regulators have slapped the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a $650,000 financial settlement and corrective… Read more »

One Year Later: The Yates Memo, False Claims Act and Director & Executive Liability On September 19 and 27, 2016, the US Department of Justice… Read more »