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DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targets "Illegal DEI" Programs via the False Claims Act

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative in a Memorandum issued on May 19, 2025. According to the Memorandum, the Initiative is an enforcement effort that will use the...more

Blank Rome LLP

Department of Justice Announces New Initiative to Combat Civil Rights Fraud Using the False Claims Act

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From time to time, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has established initiatives, task forces, or strike teams to advance its enforcement priorities. In recent years, DOJ has announced a Procurement Collusion Strike Force, a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Civil Rights Laws and False Claims Act: What Colleges and Universities Need to Know Now

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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Key Insights on DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative

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In a memorandum dated May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the establishment of a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative) at the Department of Justice (DOJ)....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DOJ Targets DEI Programs with False Claims Act Enforcement

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is raising the stakes with a broad new initiative targeting what it calls “illegal DEI.” In a May 19, 2025 internal memorandum, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche outlines a Civil Rights...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New DOJ Initiative Expands FCA Use to Enforce Civil Rights Compliance and Target DEI Initiatives

The U.S. Department of Justice is recasting the False Claims Act as a civil rights enforcement tool—putting federal fund recipients on notice that false compliance certifications may now trigger FCA liability....more

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DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targets Allegedly Discriminatory Practices by Educational Institutions

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The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative treats federally funded colleges’ and universities’ DEI programs and other allegedly discriminatory practices as False Claims Act violations. Our Education Team breaks...more

White & Case LLP

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Fraud Initiative by Leveraging the False Claims Act: What Federal Fund Recipients Should Know

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On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Department of Justice’s launch of a sweeping Civil Rights Fraud Initiative designed to hold federal contractors, grant recipients, and other federally funded...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: New DOJ Civil Rights False Claims Act Initiative: Announcing Intent for Aggressive Fraud Enforcement of...

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On May 19, 2025, United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche circulated a memo to the Department, announcing the establishment of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, an effort aimed at leveraging the civil False Claims...more

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DOJ Launches Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, Tying Anti-Semitism and DEI Policies to False Claims Act Liability

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On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had formed a “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative,” co-led by DOJ’s Civil Fraud Section and Civil Rights Division....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The False Claims Act Enters the School Zone

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On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will use the False Claims Act (FCA) as a basis for investigating the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...more

DLA Piper

New DOJ Initiative Will Use False Claims Act to Investigate DEI Policies

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced its plan to employ the False Claims Act as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to eliminate illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion,...more

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DOJ Announces Establishment of Civil Rights Fraud Initiative

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The US Department of Justice announced the establishment of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative on May 19, 2025, which will “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Ramps Up Anti-DEI Enforcement

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On May 19, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, outlining its plan to use the civil False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and pursue claims against those who “certify compliance...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Department of Justice Announces False Claims Act Crackdown on DEI Policies

The United States Department of Justice recently announced that it would begin “vigorous enforcement” of the False Claims Act against recipients of federal funds for their use of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

DOJ Expands Use of the False Claims Act to Target DEI and DEIA Initiatives

On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Bondi issued a Memorandum, “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences,” which was designed to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal...more

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False Claims Act Risks In U.S. Higher Education

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The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has long been a powerful tool for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — or private whistleblowers bringing suit on the DOJ’s behalf — to investigate and police activity financed with...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOJ Announces 2019 FCA Recovery, Majority Came from Healthcare Industry

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this month that it obtained over $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil fraud and false claims cases during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 (FY 2019). Of this...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Duke University to pay $112 million in research fraud settlement

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On March 25, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Duke University agreed to settle a qui tam False Claims Act case for $112.5 million. The whistleblower, who pursued the case on the government’s behalf when...more

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