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False Claims Act Insights - Beyond Adversarialism: How to Steer FCA Investigations

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Host Jonathan Porter welcomes Husch Blackwell partner Todd Gee to the program to discuss why establishing a good working relationship with the Department of Justice is important and how to accomplish that while remaining a...more

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FTC Consumer Protection and Privacy Enforcement Series: Practical Tips for When Your Company Gets an FTC CID

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Welcome to our new series on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement, where we will provide practical insights into emerging FTC priority areas for consumer protection and data privacy enforcement. Overall, the current FTC...more

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Unpacking the Illicit E-Cigarette Crackdown by State AGs

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In mid-January, a bipartisan coalition of nine state attorneys general, as well as the Washington, D.C., attorney general, announced a coordinated effort to curb illicit electronic cigarette sales. The attorneys general of...more

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Recent Investigations by the Texas Attorney General Piggyback on Federal ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Initiatives

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that his office is investigating some of the country’s most ubiquitous home brands — including Colgate-Palmolive, Proctor & Gamble, and General Mills — for allegedly...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update - May the Force of Law Be with You

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Attorney General James sued a national bank and its holding company for the bank's alleged practices relating to its offering of online savings accounts. Specifically, the AG claims that the bank offered a "high interest"...more

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FTC Signals Strong Stance on Civil Investigation Demands

In a March 10 blog post, the new Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to enforcing consumer protection laws through Civil Investigation Demands (CIDs)....more

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Chairman Ferguson’s Federal Trade Commission: Nearly Two Months In

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Andrew Ferguson took over as FTC Chairman on Jan. 21. Nearly two months in, and Chairman Ferguson’s FTC is slowly taking shape. Consumer protection complaints have begun to be filed (although of course these matters were in...more

Venable LLP

State Attorney General Investigations: What Consumer Financial Services Companies Need to Know

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State attorneys general (AGs) have long played a significant role in consumer protection enforcement, often acting as frontline regulators alongside federal agencies. For consumer financial services companies, an AG...more

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Navigating FTC CIDs

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On March 10, Christopher Mufarrige, the newly-appointed Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), published a blog explaining the significance of Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs)...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Wins at the Supreme Court

On May 16, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, held that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution. As we previously discussed in greater detail, under the...more

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"OVER THE LINE!"  Where Banking and Gaming Intersect, the CFPB Has Something to Say.

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The line between virtual and reality is getting thinner. Gamers pay gaming companies real currency for virtual in-game currency to buy skins, create the world they want to live in (virtually), or purchase loot that aid in...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Near $3 Billion in 2023

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced recently that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq. (FCA) totaled approximately $2.7 billion in FY 2023 (October 1, 2022 – September 30,...more

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DOJ’s FY 2023 Statistics: Highest Number of Settlements, Judgments, and Civil Investigative Demands in History and a Continued...

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On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023. While the $2.68 billion in total...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Approves Compulsory Process for AI-related Products and Services

On November 21, the FTC voted 3-0 to approve the omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process in nonpublic investigations involving products and services that use or claim to be produced using artificial...more

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New FTC Resolution Confirms Commission’s Intent to Regulate AI and Paves the Way for Future Investigations and Enforcement Actions

Making do on its promise to “use every tool” in its arsenal to regulate artificial intelligence (‘AI”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) unanimously approved a resolution on November 21, 2023 authorizing the use of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Second Circuit Rules CFPB Funding Mechanism Is Constitutional, Deepening Split with Fifth Circuit

On March 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the CFPB’s funding mechanism is constitutional. The case, CFPB v. Law Offices of Crystal Moroney, is significant for two reasons. First, the Second...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] First Annual Health Care Fraud Symposium - March 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET

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Health Care fraud is a growing national issue. The National Heath Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that health care fraud costs the nation about $68 billion annually — about 3 percent of the nation's $2.26 trillion in...more

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Defending Workplace Antitrust Investigations: Your 7-Step Response Plan When the FTC Serves Your Company with a CID

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Many in-house counsel and employment lawyers have not dealt with the Federal Trade Commission, which historically has focused on antitrust issues and product markets – but that is fast changing, and that means you need to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB says ruling on funding structure doesn’t affect debt collector’s CID

In December, the CFPB denied a petition by a debt collection agency to set aside a civil investigative demand (CID) issued last October. The company challenged the Bureau’s authority to issue the CID on the grounds that the...more

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FTC CID Attorney on Considerations for Digital Marketers When Selecting Regulatory Investigation Defense Counsel

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You received a Civil Investigative (CID) from the Federal Trade Commission related to a consumer protection matter. Now what?...more

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False Claims Act Fundamentals: How to Respond to a Civil Investigative Demand

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A civil investigative demand (CID) is a tool, like a subpoena, that the government uses to obtain documents and information to investigate potential violations of the False Claims Act. The False Claims Act expressly...more

Cozen O'Connor

FTC Reminder: Civil Investigative Demands Are Compulsory

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The FTC obtained court orders requiring VoIP service providers XCast Labs, Inc. and Deltracon, Inc. to produce information requested in Civil Investigative Demands issued by the FTC as part of its ongoing investigation into...more

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Settlement Illustrates Continued Use of FCA to Combat PPP Fraud

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The trend of private parties suing businesses under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq (“FCA”) for violating requirements of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP” or the “Program”) continues. Just recently, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Opts Not to Take Action Against Banking App

Ahead of an upcoming merger between a digital banking platform and a special purpose acquisition company, both parties disclosed in a regulatory filing last week that the platform received a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”)...more

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