News & Analysis as of

Department of Justice (DOJ) Appeals Government Agencies

Wiley Rein LLP

Federal Judge Blocks NIH Grant Cuts, Rejecting DOJ’s Claims of Unlawful Discrimination

Wiley Rein LLP on

WHAT: A Massachusetts federal judge blocked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting hundreds of programs that provide grants to universities, hospitals, and other organizations. The judge found that NIH offered...more

A&O Shearman

Supreme Court Decision Endorses Fraudulent-Inducement Theory Under Federal Wire Fraud Statute, Resolving Circuit Split And...

A&O Shearman on

On May 22, 2025, in a significant decision that clarifies the scope of the federal wire fraud statute and resolves a circuit split, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a pair of wire fraud convictions that had been premised on a...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Trump Executive Order Takes Aim at Disparate-Impact Liability

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on

On April 23, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14281 (EO), “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” 90 FR 17537, 2025 WL 1207532. The EO takes aim at disparate-impact liability, which the EO says...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Upholds Fraudulent Inducement Theory of Wire Fraud

Perkins Coie on

On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed prosecutors’ ability to pursue mail and wire fraud charges under the “fraudulent inducement” theory. Under that theory, a defendant need not intend to cause...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ lawyers, National Treasury Employees Union attorney square off in appeals court over CFPB firings

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Despite massive attempted layoffs and cancellation of third-party vendor contracts, the Trump Administration did not and does not intend to shut down the CFPB, a Justice Department attorney told a federal appeals court on...more

Cooley LLP

Compliance Implications for Healthcare Companies Post-First Circuit Decision

Cooley LLP on

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s landmark decision in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will have some implications for healthcare compliance and defense strategies. In the case, the First Circuit...more

Cozen O'Connor

TN, MO & IA AG Staff Elevated to Federal Positions; New SG Staff in NC & AR

Cozen O'Connor on

Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti’s Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit, Whitney Hermandorfer, was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Missouri AG Andrew Bailey’s Solicitor General Joshua...more

ArentFox Schiff

DOJ Plans Sweeping Reorganization of ENRD

ArentFox Schiff on

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning a major reorganization of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) that includes consolidating several sections within the division into other DOJ divisions, as well...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Judicial Lifeline: Federal Court Temporarily Halts CFPB Changes

Holland & Knight LLP on

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted the plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction in NTEU v. Vought on March 28, 2025, primarily requiring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reinstate all...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Fourth Circuit Lifts Nationwide Injunction of Executive Orders Addressing DEI Programs

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Departing from a pattern of recent federal district court decisions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government’s application for stay pending appeal of a nationwide preliminary injunction against...more

Venable LLP

Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners, Setting Up a Direct Challenge to Humphrey’s Executor

Venable LLP on

On March 18, President Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The removals of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter are the latest in a series of executive actions that will...more

Morgan Lewis

New Supreme Court FCA Decision Avoids Thorny Claim Questions, Reiterates Interest in Constitutional Challenge

Morgan Lewis on

In its most recent False Claims Act decision, the US Supreme Court opted for a narrow “claim” definition analysis, limiting its impact to those involved in the E-Rate program, but signaled interest in addressing the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - February 21, 2025

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today: Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Heath, No. 23-1127: This case considers whether reimbursement requests submitted to the Federal...more

Stevens & Lee

First Circuit Rules Against Government in False Claims Act Case

Stevens & Lee on

On Feb. 18, in U.S. v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the First Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Sixth Circuit and the Eighth Circuit in holding that, for purposes of establishing that a claim for payment of items or services...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Update on Legal Challenges to President Trump's Presidential Actions

Since President Trump took office on January 20, 2025, he has issued an unprecedented number of presidential actions, including 62 executive orders and numerous declarations, proclamations, announcements, memoranda, grants of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Judge Orders Immediate Release of Federal Funding Amidst Continued Freeze on the Disbursement of Federal Funds

Womble Bond Dickinson on

Responding to the petition of several state Attorneys General, U.S. District Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. issued an Enforcement Order on Monday, February 10, clarifying the scope of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Are the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act unconstitutional?

Husch Blackwell LLP on

The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act allow individuals to file suit on behalf of the United States and to receive a share of the resulting financial settlement or judgment. Filing a qui tam case is not just a formal...more

17 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide