Regulatory & Compliance

False Claims Act

J. Andrew Jackson, Stephen G. Sozio, Tina M. Tabacchi | Jones Day

The False Claims Act's ("FCA") first-to-file bar – 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5) – encourages a race to the courthouse to reward a qui tam relator who promptly discloses fraud. In essence, the rule creates an incentive for relators to alert the government to the essential...

Insurance Coverage & Recovery

Daniel A. Rabinowitz | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The amount of capital that insurers are required to hold on their balance sheets has become a regulatory and legislative flashpoint. A convergence of factors over the last few years – including federal rulemaking under The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, oversight...

Energy

Steven P. Otillar | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: Please describe your practice, and tell us why Mexico is high on your radar screen. Otillar: My practice focuses on domestic and international energy transactional work, with an emphasis on upstream acquisitions, divestitures and development. I have represented energy companies and...