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Connecticut Health Lawyers Annual Symposium

When: November 30, 2001

- 12:00pm

Hawthorne Inn, Berlin, CT

Health Law Update – Federal & State

Louis Todisco, Murtha Cullina – Federal Update
Catherine Baatz, Wiggin & Dana – State Update

How to Keep Your Health Care Clients Out of Jail

Colleen Martin, Assistant Regional Inspector General, Office of Inspector General

Current Areas of Health Care Fraud Enforcement
When does a Civil Case Become a Criminal Case
Areas of Potential Fraud that Are of Specific Concern
Impact of Compliance Programs on Fraud and Abuse in Health Care
Voluntary Self Disclosure

Gates Garrity-Rokous – Wiggin & Dana
(Former Criminal Health Care Fraud Coordinator, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut)

Current Trends in Federal Health Care Fraud Prosecutions
Case Studies: New Substantive Areas and Investigative Tools

Peter Hull – Cummings & Lockwood (Former Assistant U.S. Attorney)

Responding to Federal Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions
Privilege Issues
Who is the Client and When Should Separate Counsel be Retained for Individuals
Dealing with Searches and Search Warrants
Dealing with Subpoenas

Panel Questions

J. Michael Eisner – Wiggin & Dana
Michele Volpe – DelNegro, Feldman & Volpe
Paul Knag – Cummings & Lockwood

Firm Highlights

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Wiggin and Dana is proud to announce that its White Collar Defense, Investigations, and Corporate Compliance Practice Group has been selected by The National Law Journal as a finalist for Litigation Departments of the Year, White Collar. The firm’s White Collar Defense, Investigations, and Corporate Compliance Practice Group includes former federal prosecutors from the U.S. […]

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Chambers High Net Worth 2025 Honors Wiggin and Dana Lawyers and Private Client Services Practice

Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce that the firm’s Private Client Services practice and its partners, Michael T. Clear, Daniel L. Daniels, Jevera K. Hennessey, Leonard Leader, Vanessa L. Maczko, Steven B. Malech, and Carolyn A. Reers, have been ranked in the ninth edition of the annual Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) 2025 Guide. Additionally, Jonathan […]