ALBANY — In a rare case that straddles the border between civil and criminal law, an appellate court yesterday upheld a civil contempt order against the State Attorney General’s office for violating an injunction barring criminal prosecution of a home care agency for Medicaid fraud.

The preliminary injunction was issued in a civil proceeding brought by the home care agency to challenge the validity of the Medicaid regulation on which the criminal prosecution was based.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]