Lauren E. Swidler
Lauren Swidler works with clients to resolve their government enforcement and compliance and employment litigation challenges. She represents academic and research institutions, public and private companies, and independent schools in a variety of matters ranging from government and internal investigations involving healthcare fraud, securities fraud, and other civil and criminal matters to employment litigation, arbitration, and administrative cases regarding discrimination, harassment, whistleblowing, retaliation, and other employment actions. Lauren also manages NIH, HHS, and/or DOJ investigations, enforcement inquiries, and Congressional oversight requests into systematic programs of foreign influence at U.S. academic and research institutions.
Representative Engagements
- Assist life sciences companies in internal investigations of alleged compliance violations.
- Assist in representation of biotechnology company in False Claims Act investigation.
- Conduct internal review on behalf of international pharmaceutical company to assess complaints regarding clinical protocol deviations, corrective action plans, and patient safety concerns.
- Conduct internal investigation on behalf of medical clinic network concerning clinical and patient safety concerns.
- Advise life sciences companies regarding commercial and medical activities, patient services, patient assistance programs, and clinical educator compliance measures, and represent individuals in government investigations regarding these programs.
- Advise pre-commercial pharmaceutical companies regarding compliance program structure, including policies and procedures.
- Assist university and teaching hospital clients in addressing “foreign component” and foreign conflict of interest concerns raised by NIH and other federal agencies regarding federally funded research.
- Assist in representation of Chief Executive Officer of a public healthcare company in qui tam action and multi-year investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice.
- Assist private independent school in internal investigation and remediation of allegations of sexual misconduct.
- Conduct workplace investigations on wrongdoing, such as unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.
Education & Credentials
- Boston University School of Law
- JD, 2018, cum laude
- Boston University Law Review
- Providence College
- BA, 2011, summa cum laude
Admissions
Massachusetts
Focus Area
Lauren's Insights
Choate's Enforcement and Investigations Updates Podcast 03.22.2023
Jelly Bean - DOJ’s First Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Settlement
In this episode of our Enforcement & Investigations Podcast Series, Julia Hesse, Sara Frank and Lauren Swidler discuss the Department of Justice’s first settlement under the new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative against Jelly Bean Communications.