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Troutman Pepper Locke

With New Tariffs, Recent Settlements May Foreshadow Future DOJ Enforcement

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The Trump administration’s implementation of tariffs on August 7, 2025, will have profound implications for companies engaged in international supply chains. These tariffs are poised to increase business costs, affecting a...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Recent DOJ Intervention Highlights FCA Use Against Customs Fraud

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With the Trump administration’s new tariffs, some companies may be looking for ways to compensate for increased costs of imports. Companies operating in the international supply chain must be aware that any attempts to...more

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Trump Tariffs Raise False Claims Act Risks as Customs Enforcement Increases

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During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made tariffs a cornerstone of his foreign and domestic policy. With new 25% tariffs now imposed on Mexico and Canada, along with an additional 10% tariff on imports from...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

New Tariffs Mean New Targets of the False Claims Act

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The value of goods imported to the United States in Fiscal Year 2024 was $893.15 billion, and as a result, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) collected $24.37 billion in duties, taxes and fees for those imports. Given...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Two Kinds of False Claims, the Same Bad Outcome

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Leo Tolstoy famously began his 1877 novel Anna Karenina with the observation, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Much the same could be said of government contractors that find...more

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