The guidance reflects a key step in the administration’s broader strategy to root out DEI efforts in the private sector....more
8/4/2025
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In a memorandum dated May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the establishment of a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative) at the Department of Justice (DOJ)....more
5/28/2025
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The First Circuit joins the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in adopting a more exacting causation standard for False Claims Act liability premised on Anti-Kickback Statute violations.
In a victory for False Claims Act (FCA)...more
3/12/2025
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Corporations, associations, foundations, and institutions of higher education should be prepared for criminal, civil, and congressional inquiries.
On February 5, 2025, newly confirmed US Attorney General Pam Bondi issued...more
DOJ may dismiss qui tam False Claims Act cases at any point, as long as it intervenes in the case and satisfies the deferential Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) standard.
The US Supreme Court, in its 8-1 June 16,...more
7/3/2023
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United States ex rel Polansky v Executive Health Resources Inc ,
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Physician Partners of America’s settlement highlights significant risks facing False Claims Act defendants who received Paycheck Protection Program funds.
An April 2022 US Department of Justice (DOJ) settlement suggests...more
12/22/2022
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DOJ’s intervention against PE firm defendant may signal increased exposure for PE firms under the False Claims Act.
Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued a private equity (PE) firm in a False Claims...more