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The Happy PharmD PodcastWhistleblowing & Pharmacy: When and How to Address Pharmacy Fraud with Jon TyckoJoining us today is Jonathan Tycko, a founding Partner at Tycko & Zavareei LLP, a leading law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and California. Jon’s focus lies in representing whistleblowers under the False Claims Act, exposing corporate fraud and corruption. With over 40 successful cases recovering millions of dollars, he has become a force against illegal schemes involving kickbacks, forged documents, and false certifications. Jon also hosts "The Garrulous Gavel," a legal podcast where he interviews fellow lawyers about intriguing legal issues and their journeys in the field. We're excited to learn from this exceptional legal mi...
2023-08-1046 min
The Business of Pharmacy Podcast™Fighting Healthcare Fraud Via Whistleblowers | Jonathan Tycko, AttorneyIn this episode, we sit down with attorney Jon Tycko, a leading expert in representing whistleblowers in qui tam lawsuits within the healthcare industry. Join us as we delve into the world of healthcare fraud, guided by Jon's extensive knowledge and experience. Discover the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing fraudulent activities, their motivations, and the challenges they face. Gain insights into the legal framework, including the False Claims Act, and the process of initiating qui tam lawsuits. Explore the impact of whistleblower cases on companies, the government, and the healthcare system as a whole. Jon shares compelling stories...
2023-07-1747 min
The Garrulous GavelCrytocurrency, Golem Impressions, And Flexitarianism, with Daren FirestoneIn this episode, Jon chats with ex-actor and now-lawyer Daren Firestone about cryptocurrency. They discuss emerging legal issues around crypto and blockchain technology, the recent Terra not-so-stable coin debacle, and how whistleblowers can help uncover fraud in the crypto business. Then, Daren does his Golem impression. After Jon recovers from that, he gets garrulous with Daren about “flexitarianism.” As Daren explains, this is a form of ethical eating that is almost—but not quite—vegetarianism. Daren explains his three rules for when he’ll eat meat, one of which involve things that can only happen in Paris...
2022-06-071h 34The Garrulous GavelLawyers For All Humans and the Legal Services Gap, with Susan FrancisMeet Susan Francis, the Executive Director of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), a non-profit organization that provides legal help for low-income residents of Maryland in various types of civil matters, including family law, housing issues, tax disputes, estate planning, and criminal record expungement. Susan and Jon talk about the gap between the civil legal services needed by most people, and the lawyers available to provide those services at a cost people can actually afford. The gap is wide, and attorneys providing pro bono services through organizations like MVLS can make a dent but not close it all...
2022-05-241h 44The Garrulous GavelThe Triumphs And Challenges Of Women In The Law, with Bridget Bailey LipscombIn this episode, our guest is Bridget Bailey Lipscomb, Assistant Director of the Environmental Torts Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, and President of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Listen in as Bridget describes her path, from growing up on the South Side of Chicago to working in the halls of power in Washington, D.C. We tackle the issue of women in the law, both marveling at how far things have come since the Women’s Bar Association was founded in 1917 (three years before women’s right to vote became a part o...
2022-05-101h 22The Garrulous GavelSports Law and Becoming a Sports Lawyer, with Christopher DeubertListen in as Jon chats with Christopher Deubert about life as a sports lawyer. Chris worked for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, before becoming the General Counsel for the D.C. United professional soccer team. Now in private practice, Chris represents players, clubs, and other participants in the sports industry. Chris talks with Jon about what sports lawyers do, and how a lawyer can get into the field. Chris then unpacks some of the more interesting recent intersections of sports and law, including the Major League Baseball lockout and new collective bargaining agreement, the Brian...
2022-03-292h 04The Garrulous GavelThe Law And Political Economy Project, with Corinne BlalockThis go-round, we chat with Corinne Blalock, who is the Executive Director of the Law and Political Economy Project. Law and political economy (LPE) is an intellectual movement within legal academia, and the LPE Project is an organization, housed at Yale Law School, that brings together the scholars working in the movement, and that promotes the ideas of the movement in various other ways. Corinne explains what LPE is, and gives us insight into what it’s like to be on the forefront of building infrastructure for a new intellectual movement. Then, we get garrulous with Corinne abou...
2022-03-081h 27The Garrulous GavelLegal Protections for the Press, and the Making of Bonaparte, with Anne ChampionIn this episode, Anne Champion walks us through legal protections for the press and publishers, including Anti-SLAPP statutes, and the “actual malice” standard adopted by the Supreme Court in the famous First Amendment case of New York Times v. Sullivan. Along the way, we hear about Anne’s representation of Mary Trump in two lawsuits, including one brought by former President Donald Trump, relating to Mary Trump’s book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man. We also discuss the recent libel case brought by Sarah Palin against the New York Times.
2022-02-221h 45The Garrulous GavelGovernment Secrets and How to Unearth the Truth, with Mark ZaidThis time, we talk with attorney Mark Zaid, one of the country’s foremost national security and government secrecy attorneys. Mark has built a fascinating practice around uncovering government secrets, and representing clients in the national security realm. We chat with Mark about the Freedom of Information Act, the pre-publication review process, and other legal tools relating to government classified information. He tells us about the FOIA case in which he sought revelation of the oldest classified documents still being kept secret by the U.S. government (you’ll have to listen to find out what they were!), and also ab...
2022-02-081h 28The Garrulous GavelExport Controls And Sanctions As A Tool In U.S.-China Relations, with Timothy O’Toole Our first episode of 2022 features Timothy O’Toole, and a discussion about U.S.-China relations, and the ways in which the U.S. uses trade—and in particular controls on exports—as a national security and foreign policy tool. Tim also is a great example of the wide variety of work that a lawyer can do over a career; he tells us about spending the first half of his career working as a public defender, focusing on the rights of criminal defendants, and then, 17 years after leaving law school, reinventing himself as a sought-after specialist in trade...
2022-01-251h 34The Garrulous GavelClimate Change and the Law with Sean DonahueThis time around, you’ll hear from one of the country’s top environmental law litigators, Sean Donahue, about various legal issues and challenges associated with climate change. Get the 60-minute version of the semester-long class on climate change law and policy that he teaches at Stanford Law School! Sean also talks about his time as a law clerk for both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens, and the role that law clerks play at the Supreme Court. And we get garrulous with Sean about his experience as a political spouse, creating crossword puzzles in support of h...
2021-12-201h 58The Garrulous GavelGovernment Corruption and How To Fight It with Jessica TillipmanListen in on a conversation with Jessica Tillipman, an Assistant Dean at the George Washington University Law School, where she specializes in government procurement, anti-corruption, and compliance. We explore the nature of government corruption, and why it matters. Dean Tillipman walks us through the key tools in U.S. law for fighting against corruption by government officials. We get garrulous about the Gov. Bob McDonnell case, the Fat Leonard Scandal, Trump International Hotel, and the Hunter Biden paintings! Then, Dean Tillipman shares some personal anecdotes—to which many of you will relate—about being both a law school dean and a...
2021-12-071h 26The Garrulous GavelHow “Rule of Law” Foreign Aid Helps Big Business But Burns Consumers and Employees, with Jason RathodIn this episode, you’ll meet Jason Rathod. Jason is a practicing attorney, but he also likes to write lengthy law review articles. He’s written about how the United States uses foreign aid to impose our legal system on other countries, something we call “Rule of Law” aid. Jason argues that “Rule of Law” aid actually only exports half of our legal system: the part that is pro-business and pro-capitalism. What is missing are legal protections for consumers and employees, and in particular mechanisms, like class actions, that Jason calls aggregate litigation. In this interview, you’ll find out why he advocate...
2021-10-261h 34The Garrulous GavelTrauma-Aware Lawyering with Margaret Gandy and Rena PaulThis time around, we meet two former New York City prosecutors, Margaret Gandy and Rena Paul. Their many years in both the state and federal criminal justice systems led them to rethink how lawyers approach clients and witnesses who have been victimized by violent crimes or other traumatic events, and to develop what they call “trauma-aware lawyering,” an approach they are now implementing in their recently-formed law firm. We also get garrulous with our guests about the stresses and traumas that lawyers often encounter, and how law offices can promote attorney well-being. And how do our gues...
2021-10-121h 40The Garrulous GavelQualified Immunity and Rights Behind Bars with Samuel WeissIn this episode, we get garrulous with Samuel Weiss, the founder and Executive Director of Rights Behind Bars, an organization that uses strategic litigation to protect and advance prisoners’ rights. We tackle the hot-button issue of “qualified immunity”—a controversial legal doctrine that often protects prison guards and police officers from liability for constitutional violations—and talk with Sam about the path to victory in Taylor v. Riojas, one of the very few cases in which a prisoner prevailed on that issue in the Supreme Court. Then, we’ll chat with Sam about getting back to his roots in creative writi...
2021-09-281h 57The Garrulous GavelOwning Our History with Robert Eager This time on the Garrulous Gavel, we sit down with Robert Eager, founder of Own Your History. After retiring from a career as a successful corporate lawyer, Bob reconnected with his education in history, and set out to help the next generation of students grapple with the inequality that has marred much of U.S. history. We'll talk with Bob about the work of Own Your History, coming to grips with his own family's role in slavery and Jim Crow, and why he thinks it's so crucial for students to learn about the gaps between our democratic i...
2021-09-141h 462021-08-121h 29The Garrulous GavelThe Mysteries of the Grand Jury with Sara KropfOur first episode features Sara Kropf, one of the nation’s top white-collar criminal defense attorneys. Sara not only represents defendants in high-profile criminal cases, but also authors the Grand Jury Target blog. We hear about grand juries in the news all the time. But what exactly is a grand jury, and what does it do? Sara will explain it to us, and then you can listen in as we chat about two of the biggest grand jury issues in recent years: the grand jury indictment of the Trump Companies and Trump CFO Allan Weiselberg, and the grand jury fa...
2021-07-291h 50The Garrulous GavelThe Garrulous Gavel TrailerWelcome to The Garrulous Gavel, with your host, Jon Tycko.
2021-07-2201 min