The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled a qui tam suit with defense contractor Raytheon and its successor company, Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC (Nightwing), totaling $8.4 million. The...more
6/30/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DFARS ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
NIST ,
Qui Tam ,
Settlement
The value of goods imported to the United States in Fiscal Year 2024 was $893.15 billion, and as a result, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) collected $24.37 billion in duties, taxes and fees for those imports. Given...more
2/14/2025
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China ,
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Goods or Services ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On December 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments in USA v. Mark Sorensen, case number 24-1557, and it is now taking under advisement a case that could have widespread effects as to what...more
12/18/2024
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Appeals ,
Criminal Convictions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Goods or Services ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Marketing ,
Medical Devices ,
Patient Referrals ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Stark Law
Employers must check its employees, contractors and vendors to see if an individual or organization is excluded from participating in federal and/or state programs. While there are a variety of exclusion programs at the...more
6/10/2024
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exclusions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG
On January 13, 2023, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari1 to review the False Claims Act (“FCA”) scienter standard in two FCA whistleblower cases from the Seventh Circuit, U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu...more