This year, at the Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) annual Qui Tam Conference, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership confirmed that DOJ will remain committed to aggressive enforcement of the False Claims Act...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
7/25/2024
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Lenders ,
Lockheed Martin ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
OIG ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements
On April 9, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (“Task Force”), by far DOJ’s most comprehensive review of the Task Force since its creation in...more
4/25/2024
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Qui Tam
On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its False Claims Act (FCA) statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Using DOJ’s FY 2023 Data Table and our analysis from previous years, MoFo’s FCA team...more
2/27/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Advantage ,
SBA ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its fiscal year (FY) 2022 False Claims Act (FCA) statistics. Utilizing DOJ’s FY 2022 Data Table and comparing back to our FY 2021 coverage, MoFo’s FCA team...more
2/15/2023
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Devices ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Qui Tam ,
Subcontractors ,
Whistleblowers
Two weeks ago, President Biden signed two laws extending the statute of limitations for civil and criminal fraud actions involving the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to ten years....more
On March 16, 2022, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Chairman Rostin Behnam delivered a keynote address at the FIA Boca 2022 International Futures Industry Conference. Behnam called for a “culture of compliance”...more
On the eve of the pandemic’s two-year anniversary, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated statistics on its efforts to combat COVID-19 related fraud and announced the appointment of a director of COVID-19 Fraud...more
3/16/2022
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Price Gouging ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it collected more than $5.6 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in fiscal year 2021. This is the largest annual total since...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, so does Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement of COVID-19-related fraud. In our first alert on this topic, in May 2020, we tracked early fraud cases involving the Coronavirus, Aid,...more
Soon after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) in March 2020, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) moved quickly to address potential COVID-19 related...more
3/10/2021
/ Attorney General ,
Banking Sector ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Fraud ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Inspector General ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Loans ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
SBA ,
State Attorneys General ,
TARP ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Wire Fraud