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Caitlin A. Hill

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Caitie is a commercial litigator who defends clients facing government investigations and whistleblower complaints regarding alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and similar state laws. Caitie also handles complex commercial litigation for health care, life sciences, and biotechnology companies, and defends national product liability cases for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Caitie represents and defends health plans, Medicare Advantage Organizations, and pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers against alleged violations of the FCA and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). She advises and counsels her clients in government or internal investigations, litigation, and at trial or arbitration. She also defends pharmaceutical and biotech companies in national product liability cases. Caitie is well versed in complex e-discovery frequently handling large data matters for litigation, internal investigations, and government inquiries.

Caitie’s practice includes advising highly regulated clients in permitting and application processes, administrative agency appeals, and in subsequent appeals of agency decisions in state court. Caitie regularly works with clients to draft pre- and post- hearing briefs as well as prepare and defend company personnel and expert witnesses during the appeal process.

Caitie also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing individuals in civil rights, housing, and immigration matters, including asylum seekers. Most recently, she worked on a pro bono appeal on behalf of the Wildlands Trust, a non-profit land conservation organization. During law school she was a student representative for the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee, and Emigrant Services and served as a law clerk extern for the Honorable Joel H. Slomsky in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Experience

Health Care Enforcement Defense:

  • Defended numerous clients, including health plans, laboratories, and Medicare Advantage Organizations, in government FCA investigations and FCA litigation in jurisdictions around the country.
  • Advised Medicare Advantage plans in connection with civil investigative demands related to risk adjustment activities.
  • Represented large medical supply company in connection with a whistleblower action alleging that the resolution of certain rebate disputes with a Medicare Advantage Organization resulted in illegal kickbacks and violation of the federal FCA.

Product Liability Defense:

  • Part of the team that obtained summary judgment in ten out of ten related cases against our clients, a publicly traded biotechnology company and a pharmaceutical company, in multi-jurisdictional product liability disputes involving an FDA-approved drug. 

Complex Commercial Litigation:

  • Helped to secure dismissal on behalf of a former Saudi intelligence official in a case brought by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund and its subsidiaries, alleging our client embezzled billions of dollars.
  • Won a complete dismissal with prejudice of a $3 billion RICO case filed against our client, Wynn Resorts in the District of Massachusetts. The case was brought by Sterling Suffolk Racecourse as part of an ongoing legal battle with Wynn over competing casino projects in the greater Boston area. The matter involved a collection of salacious allegations cutting across multiple jurisdictions, but our team was ultimately successful in arguing that Suffolk had failed to prove a pattern of racketeering activity, a necessity in a RICO case.
  • Representing energy company in administrative appeals of wetlands and Chapter 91 waterways permitting for natural gas infrastructure.
  • Successfully defended energy company against administrative appeals of an Air Quality Plan Approval for natural gas infrastructure.
  • Part of the team representing gaming company Wynn MA, LLC surrounding community arbitrations against Somerville and Chelsea.
  • Represented the general contractor on major hospital renovation project against bankrupt millwork subcontractor’s performance bond surety in a 9-day arbitration for delay and impact damages.
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News & Press

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We're thrilled to announce the addition of 17 new Members to Mintz. Along with seven attorneys recently elevated to membership in the firm, we’ve welcomed ten lateral Members in 2022. They add depth to our experience and capabilities in life sciences, health care, financial services, private equity, sports & entertainment, technology, and other sectors.
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35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.
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Although the construction industry has largely been able to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, there nevertheless have been many construction-related bankruptcy filings throughout the United States. In a Q&A article published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Mintz Member and Co-chair of the firm's Construction Law Practice Samuel M. Tony Starr and Associates Caitlin Hill and Timothy McKeon discussed how owners and developers can protect their businesses and projects from downstream distress.
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Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Health Law and Health Care Enforcement Defense Practices Karen Lovitch, Member Laurence Freedman, Of Counsel Samantha Kingsbury, and Associates Grady Campion and Caitlin Hill co-authored the Global Overview and corresponding United States chapter of the seventh edition of Lexology’s Healthcare Enforcement & Litigation 2022. Together these pieces outlined federal enforcement priorities in 2020, including matters involving opioids, COVID-19-related fraud, Medicare, and more, and look ahead to how health care enforcement is expected to evolve in the coming year. 
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Mintz Member and Co-chair of the firm’s Construction Law Practice Samuel M. Tony Starr and Associates Caitlin Hill and Timothy McKeon participated in a Thomson Reuters Expert Q&A discussing contractor distress and the intersection of construction law and bankruptcy.
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Mintz Member Peter Biagetti and Associate David Kete co-authored an article published in the January 2020 edition of Thomson Reuters’ Civil RICO Report detailing a notable ruling achieved by Mintz in a federal court in Boston that will have a significant impact on how future cases alleging a RICO “pattern” will be assessed.
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The Boston Globe reported that on November 15, 2019, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Patti B. Saris dismissed with prejudice federal RICO claims by plaintiff Sterling Suffolk Racecourse seeking over $3 billion in damages against Mintz clients Wynn MA, LLC, Wynn Resorts, LTD and its Chairman in a lawsuit arising out of the bid process for a much sought-after gaming license in the Greater Boston area. The Mintz team was led by Member Peter Biagetti, along with Member and Co-chair of the Construction Law Practice Tony Starr, and Associates Caitlin Hill and David Kete.
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Recognition & Awards

  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Up & Coming Lawyer Honoree (2022)

  • Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch": Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2021-2023), Litigation - Construction (2023)

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star - Business Litigation (2021-2022)

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Involvement

  • Member, Women's Leadership Program, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2019-2020)
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