On June 11, 2025, the recently confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Brett Shumate, issued a memorandum directing Civil Division lawyers to prioritize investigations and enforcement actions advancing...more
On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative within the Department of Justice to “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against...more
5/21/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities ,
Whistleblowers
In a groundbreaking opinion issued on September 30, 2024, Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit, holding that the qui tam...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced plans to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors, subcontractors and grant recipients, including for providing...more
10/14/2021
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DFARS ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Subcontractors
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on January 14, 2021 that it had recovered $2.2 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in its 2020 fiscal year. While that figure is down considerably from prior...more
The Supreme Court held that the FCA’s extended limitations period is available to relators in qui tam cases even when the government declines to intervene. Lower courts continued to divide over the first-to-file bar,...more
1/14/2020
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
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Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Grants ,
Health Care Providers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
State and Local Government
After decades in which the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) received relatively little attention, a confluence of recent events has given the statute newfound prominence. Together, these developments compound the...more
3/11/2019
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exemptions ,
Foreign Agents ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Governments ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Lobbying ,
Lobbying Disclosure Act ,
National Security ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
In 2015, the Justice Department (DOJ) continued to give high priority to False Claims Act (FCA) investigations, bringing in nearly $3.6 billion in settlements and judgments. More than 630 qui tam suits were filed. DOJ's...more