In this episode of The False Claims Act Insider, Tony interviews Shahroo Yazdani. Shahroo is a new member of the Price Benowitz team. Shahroos focus is dealing with cases involving the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). OFAC is an organization within the US Department of Treasury. OFAC enforces economic and trade sanctions that are based on the United States foreign policy. These sanctions are administered following the United States national security objectives against selected countries, terrorists, traffickers, etc. Tony and Shahroo discuss the future of OFAC and how this can impact individuals. The two believe OFAC will become more relevant in peoples lives as OFAC will transition into sanctioning individual people rather than whole countries. The duo also dive into the regulations, dynamics, and the ways OFAC will affect businesses.
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Join Tony as he chats with Jeb White, the President & C.E.O. at Taxpayers Against Fraud Education. Tony and Jeb start out by touching on the impact of the recent economic injection on fraud and how this increases the need for false claims act lawyers, noting that increased government spending creates a pocket of opportunity for qui tam attorneys and whistleblowers. Jeb explains that negative public opinions of whistleblowers are an unfortunate reality, and the best way to fight back at this backlash is with the truth. Tony and Jeb discuss the history of the False Claims Act and the prominence of this type of case in the healthcare industry, adding that wherever money is flowing, there will be FCA cases.

In this Episode, Tony interviews Stephen Jaffe. Stephen is an experienced attorney, as well as the owner/founder at The Jaffe Law Firm in San Francisco, California. Stephen specializes in employment law, representing employees in False Claim Act cases. Stephen has about a half a century experience in various features of federal and state litigation including trials, mediations, appeals, and arbitrations. Tony and Jason discuss the incentive compensation ban, and how it saw changes under different presidential administrations. The incentive compensation ban prohibits universities from providing incentive compensation to employees for their success in securing student enrollments. The two also dive into multiple cases Stephen has been involved in, and how The False Claims Act has affected each case. Stephen also goes into detail about the pandemics affect on False Claims Act cases.