West Virginia (WV) Fraud CLE Course Catalog

A panel of leading experts discusses the critical importance of accurate financial disclosure and proactive measures to mitigate accounting fraud risks, emphasizing the increase in SEC enforcement actions, notable cases, and the need for stringent accounting controls.

Panelists emphasize the repercussions faced for financial disclosure and accounting fraud, discussing the Boeing and Granite Construction cases. Firms are urged to focus on compliance, cooperation, and disclosure controls to mitigate the risk of substantial penalties for misstatements.

Companies are urged to prioritize timely and comprehensive financial disclosure, cooperation, and rebuilding accounts in cases of accounting fraud to avoid enforcement actions and negative market effects, as discussed by SEC and private sector panelists.

Listen as Stefan Boedeker of Berkeley Research Group and Julia Clayton of Law Office of Julia A. Clayton, P.C. provide the audience with a comprehensive discussion of the recent trends and developments in FCA enforcement. Speakers will also offer best practices to respond to FCA investigation and get out of potential exposure.

Join attorneys Kenneth P. Williams and A. Solomon Luwoye as they provide a comprehensive discussion of fraud risks in the current insurance ecosystem. Ken and Solomon, among other things, will also offer practical tips and strategies to mitigate pitfalls.

Listen as experienced white collar litigator Vince Farhat (Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP) provide the audience with an in-depth discussion of the latest enforcement trends and developments surrounding white-collar crime. Speakers, among other things, will offer practical strategies to comply with this ever-changing regulatory landscape.

Businesses everywhere are dealing with the repercussions of inflation, and of those is the increase in fraud risks to an organization. The risk of fraud is inevitable for companies of all shapes and sizes, but the pressures of current inflationary times mean the need for preventive oversight is at an all-time high. Fraud expert Natalie Lewis will provide insight into the internal and external threats of fraud as well as best practices to protect your organization.

COVID-19 spurred unprecedented levels of government support. Through Provider Relief Funds, Medicare Advanced Payments, PPP loans and other mechanisms, federal agencies provided substantial liquidity, in some cases with strings attached. Join the panelists as they delve into the effects these funds might have had on fraud and abuse in the health care space.

The federal False Claims Act (FCA) was enacted in 1863, and now in this modern era we see it used in a range of industries. Our panel of experts in this session will examine trends in FCA enforcement, fraud cases relating to covid-19 and the economic stimulus, as well as developments with whistleblower protection.