While the Trump administration replaces all of the United States Attorneys, as well as many senior-level positions at the Department of Justice, stakeholders will soon be able to evaluate civil enforcement priorities under...more
6/11/2025
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For those of us who select juries in state and federal courts throughout the United States, we wonder out loud how this process will evolve after President Trump’s trials and appeals are all concluded or terminated. Many of...more
Years ago, few lawyers thought a False Claims Act Case was appropriate to be resolved by mediation. It was Attorney General Janet Reno who introduced mediation to this practice area in the late 1990’s. She was optimistic the...more
In a typical qui tam case, the sequence and life cycle follow a similar trajectory. The relator files a sealed qui tam complaint in a federal courthouse in the United States. While COVID has disrupted litigation, particularly...more
8/18/2022
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The United States government has four primary whistleblower statutes and reward programs:
•The Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”)-
•The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Whistleblower Program-
•The Internal...more
An attorney is outside counsel to a midsized, closely held corporation. The attorney reports to a group of officers and directors. The client was just served at corporate headquarters with a grand jury subpoena in connection...more
America and France share many common ideals. The American Constitution is founded on the principle of government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” The French Constitution embodies this same principle in the...more
This is the second part of a two-part article.
In the first of this two-part series, we discussed the success of the United States’ federal False Claims Act (FCA), the rise of international whistleblowers through a study...more
This is the first part of a two-part article.
Over the last 33 years, whistleblowers have enjoyed historic success advancing claims under the United States’ False Claims Act (FCA). The United States government has recovered...more