Week of November 22, 2019 through November 24, 2019 Accident, Injury and Rehab v. Alex Azar, II (Niemeyer 11/21/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that a health care provider who was required to re-pay Medicare claims because it was not entitled to reimbursement for those claims did not have its due process rights violated...

Week of November 4, 2019 through November 8, 2019 United States v. Allred (Wilkinson 11/7/19): The Fourth Circuit held that causing bodily injury to a witness constitutes a predicate conviction for a defendant found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1). The Court...

Week of October 28, 2019 through November 1, 2019 In re: Search Warrant Issued June 13, 2019 (Amended 10/31/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the use of a “Filter Team” — created ex parte by a magistrate judge and comprised of federal agents and prosecutors — to inspect privileged attorney-client materials is improper...