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Douglas W. Baruch

Partner
 
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson LLP

Suite 800, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, District of Columbia  20004-2505


Telephone: 202-639-7000
Fax: 202-639-7003
http://www.friedfrank.com



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Practice AreasCivil and Criminal Fraud Litigation; Business Litigation; International Arbitration
 
EducationGeorgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1987, Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1984
 
Admitted1987, Maryland; 1988, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
 
MembershipsThe District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State and American Bar Associations.
 
BornNew Brunswick, NJ
 
BiographyArticles Editor, The Tax Lawyer, 1986-1987. Author: "AIDS in the Courts: Tort Liability for the Sexual Transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome," 22 Tort and Insurance Law Journal 165, 1987; "Equal Protection and State Taxation of Foreign Insurers: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Ward," 40 The Tax Lawyer 447, 1987; "FISA: The Government's Secret Weapon," Criminal Litigation Newsletter, 2001-2002.
 
ISLN909211866
 

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Civil False Claims Act: District Court Holds that Applying FERA Amendment Retroactively would be Unconstitutional
Douglas W. Baruch, John T. Boese, Beth C. McClain, November 18, 2009
When the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA") was passed by Congress and signed into law on May 20, 2009, most of the amendments to the liability provisions of the False Claims Act ("FCA") were prospective only. One provision, however, was made retroactive: the...

Health Care Reform: More Aggressive Fraud Enforcement and Broader Government Oversight are on the Horizon
Douglas W. Baruch, John T. Boese, Beth C. McClain, November 5, 2009
Much of the current debate surrounding health care reform has focused on entitlements and the mechanisms for paying for them. Less attention is being paid to important provisions in pending House and Senate bills that would...Make it significantly easier for the government to prove certain health...

Civil False Claims Act: D.C. District Court Decision Limits Retroactive Effect of FERA Amendment to Pending "Claims," Not Pending Cases
John T. Boese, Douglas W. Baruch, Beth C. McClain, October 8, 2009
The first major decision interpreting the retroactivity of one amendment to FCA liability in the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA") has limited the retroactive application of that amendment, holding that it applies to FCA "claims"--not FCA cases--that were...


 

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