Christopher D. Carusone

Government Law and Regulatory Affairs

• Successfully represented a major health insurance company in a bid protest and lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services challenging the Department’s rejection of the company’s Medicaid proposal, successfully convincing the Department to reissue the solicitation and begin the process anew.
• Successfully represented a company engaged in the production and distribution of bulk mulch during enforcement proceedings brought by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and Pennsylvania State Police, convincing the government to rescind an out-of-service order and restore operations to the company’s fleet of motor carriers.
• Represented a national medical data company as local Pennsylvania counsel during an investigation being conducted by numerous state attorneys general into a data breach, assisting the company in meeting its requirements under the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act.
• Successfully represented a Pennsylvania Magisterial District Judge in the Court of Judicial Discipline against disciplinary charges filed by the Judicial Conduct Board, convincing them – for only the second time in Pennsylvania history – to place the client into the Judicial Diversion Program for first-time judicial offenders.
• Successfully represented a landlord during a criminal investigation conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Attorney’s Office into an alleged violation of lead paint regulations, convincing the government that prosecution was not warranted.
• Successfully represented a construction company fined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for a violation of federal motor carrier safety regulations detected during an onsite compliance review, convincing the FMCSA to reduce the fine in exchange for an agreement to improve the company’s safety program.
• Drafted legislation for a statewide housing association regarding the use of assistance animals and service animals in rental housing.
• Successfully represented an endocrinologist in proceedings before the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, convincing the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, to dismiss the complaint.
• Successfully represented a non-profit corporation accused of violating the conditions of an education grant program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and the federal Corporation for National and Community Service, convincing the government to restore funding to the organization
• Represented a corporation operating nursing homes throughout Pennsylvania in a state police investigation into a theft allegedly committed by a former employee.
• Defended an information technology staffing company working as a subcontractor to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation accused of breach of contract, successfully convincing the court to deny a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have severely affected the company’s business.
• Successfully represented a casino operator in an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys Office, convincing the government that the client was innocent of any criminal wrongdoing.
• Advised the general counsel of a national laboratory regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection with regard to the parameters of the Pennsylvania Public Official and Employee Ethics Act.
• Successfully represented a Pennsylvania executive agency as outside counsel during an investigation conducted by the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, which later declined to take legal enforcement action.
• Successfully represented another Pennsylvania agency as outside counsel in an investigation conducted by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, convincing the District Attorney that the Department’s employees were not culpable in criminal wrongdoing.
• Successfully represented a career gambler accused of cheating at a casino licensed by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, persuading the Board to sharply reduce the amount of time the client was required to spend on the statewide casino exclusion list.
• Represent the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP) as amicus curiae in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on an issue of first impression involving the duty of health care owed to injured student athletes on both male and female intercollegiate sports teams.
• Represent a medical marijuana dispensary in an appeal with the Department of Health, Office of Medical Marijuana, over the denial of  its application for a grower/processor permit.
• Defended a highway construction company against a complaint of racial discrimination lodged by a former employee, convincing the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission to dismiss the complaint as meritless.

Internal Investigations

• Conducted an internal investigation for an international consumer packaged goods company into hiring, promotional, and disciplinary practices in order to determine whether it was discriminating against employees on the basis of age and/or race.
• Conducted internal investigations on behalf of employers into complaints of employee misconduct and discrimination on the basis of age, race and gender. Prepared and presented reports to senior management containing the results of internal investigations and recommendations for corrective action.
• Collected data and worked closely with statistical experts in order to determine whether employer policies and procedures were having a disparate impact on employees on the basis age and race.

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