On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum titled Civil Rights Fraud Initiative announcing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) plan to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to “aggressively” pursue...more
5/23/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Colleges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Relators ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Risk Management ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On February 22, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nationwide Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (VSD Policy), which goes into effect immediately and which is meant to strongly encourage self-disclosures. The...more
On January 17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, announced it has reassessed and strengthened its Corporate Enforcement Policy, which applies to all corporate criminal matters (including Foreign...more
On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced several important changes to its policies for prosecuting corporate crime. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, who made the announcement in a speech at...more
Reaffirming DOJ’s focus on digital assets, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York today charged a defendant, for the first time ever, with insider trading in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). ...more
On June 16, 2020, Lowenstein Sandler presented The Specter of Whistleblower Actions & the CARES Act: An Overview, in which Lowenstein’s Kathleen A. McGee and Rachel Maimin, along with Greg Krakower, a leading authority on...more
Between May 20 and May 22, SBA announced three new Interim Final Rules and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced three new fraud prosecutions stemming from PPP loans. Those prosecutions reflect that the DOJ does not...more
5/26/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Certifications ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Lenders ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Safe Harbors ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Statute of Limitations
The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a forgivable loan program created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The purpose of the PPP, which has a $349...more
4/27/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Federal Crimes ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Small Business