The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 19, 2025, that it would use the False Claims Act (FCA) against institutions and contractors receiving federal funding that "knowingly" violate federal civil rights laws...more
Is the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) going to dismiss more meritless qui tam actions brought under the False Claims Act (FCA)? At a conference on Oct. 30, 2017, Michael Granston, the Director of DOJ's Civil Fraud Section,...more
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the government’s primary weapons in combating fraud by federal contractors, federal grantees and recipients of federal benefits. Since 1986, when the FCA was restructured into its...more