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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

First Circuit Decision Regarding Anti-Kickback Statute Standard Widens Circuit Split and Creates Potential for Supreme Court...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in United States v. Regeneron, has joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in adopting the “but-for” standard to find that a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) triggers...more

Clark Hill PLC

What the SBA’s 8(a) program audit means for small businesses

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SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler recently announced a comprehensive audit of the 8(a) Business Development (BD) program. While the full scope and implications are still unfolding, it’s crucial for participants, applicants,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Will Use the False Claims Act to Target Antisemitism and DEI Programs

At the end of May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative to “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Government Contracts White-Collar Alert: Supreme Court Clarifies Wire Fraud Statute

The U.S. Supreme Court recently delivered a significant ruling in Stamatios Kousisis, et al. v. United States, affirming that a defendant can be convicted of federal fraud for inducing a transaction through materially false...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Federal Fraud Statutes in Connection with False DBE Reporting on Federally Funded Projects

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Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Kousisis v. United States, affirming a six-year prison sentence for a contractor convicted of federal...more

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DOJ Announces Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targeting Federal Fund Recipients’ Use Of DEI

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On May 19, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its plan to use the False Claims Act to investigate and pursue claims of civil rights violations against federal fund recipients. The plan, entitled the Civil...more

Carlton Fields

DOJ Forms Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: A New Branch of False Claims Act Enforcement

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On May 19, 2025, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the formation of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative “to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly...more

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DOJ’s New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: What Organizations Should Know

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The Department of Justice has launched an aggressive new enforcement strategy that could dramatically influence how organizations approach diversity programs, student policies, and civil rights compliance. On May 19, 2025,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOJ’s New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative – The Investigations are Coming!

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On May 19, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative), which will use the federal False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue claims against recipients...more

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DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Signals Expansive Enforcement Threat for Employers Receiving Federal Funds

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative. This is a coordinated enforcement effort aimed at using the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and, where appropriate,...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

White Lie Or Wire Fraud? Why Contractors Must Carefully Follow Contract Requirements

Can deception used to secure a construction project bid constitute mail or wire fraud, even if there was no intent to financially harm the bid solicitor or even lower the project’s cost? That’s one of the questions the United...more

King & Spalding

Ways and Means Committee Seeks Information Regarding OPO Activities

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On April 16, 2025, the Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a letter to the public requesting information regarding Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs)—the nonprofit, tax-exempt entities...more

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‘Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars’ Cited as Goals for Procurement Changes at the General Services Administration and...

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order intended to eliminate waste and save taxpayer dollars by consolidating the domestic federal procurement processes within the General Services Administration (GSA)....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Supreme Court Allows Treble-Damage False Claims Actions To Proceed Against E-Rate Service Providers

Broadband and telecommunications service providers should redouble efforts to comply with the rules of the FCC's "E-Rate" program that subsidizes service to schools and libraries as a result of a Supreme Court ruling that...more

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Will Whistleblowers Opportunities Rise If/When the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery “Sunsets?”

Without Congressional action, the authority of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) will sunset on March 27, 2025. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted in March...more

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Expanded False Claims Law Puts Government Contractors on Notice

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With both the False Claims Act and the Administrative False Claims Act now part of the federal arsenal, companies dealing with US government funds can expect to see increased scrutiny of alleged false claims by the Department...more

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FCA Whistleblower Complaints Reach All Time High in 2024

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published its 2024 False Claims Act (FCA) statistics and press release this week touting $2.9 billion in judgments and settlements last fiscal year, slightly higher than 2023’s $2.7...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Owners of Transportation Company Defrauded Medicaid of $3.8M

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The New York State Attorney General’s Office announced on December 5 that Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Usman Khan and Farhan Khan and their Orange County-based transportation companies, Tristate Express NY, Inc., Meditrans...more

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The Medicare Advantage Program: Public Money & Private Insurance Companies

When I investigated and litigated False Claims Act (FCA) cases at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over the last 10 years, I was often surprised by just how little I knew about the broad array of government agencies and...more

Oberheiden P.C.

A Guide to Qui Tam Lawsuits for Whistleblowers

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One avenue for whistleblowers to take to report fraud against the government is to file a qui tam lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act. These lawsuits are complex because they have not two, but three parties to them –...more

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Snyder V. United States: Will Public Servants Be Next To Put Out A Tip Jar?

Who would have thought politicians can work for tips? Well, that is what Portage, Indiana Mayor Jim Snyder argued (more or less) before the Supreme Court last month, when he sought to overturn his conviction under 18 U.S.C. §...more

The Volkov Law Group

Telehealth: A New Opportunity for Fraudsters

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Whenever new technologies emerge or new pots of government funds for assistance are available, you can count on one thing (as the sun rises and sets) – fraudsters will figure out a way to steal money from innocent persons and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Amtrak Inspector General Cites Increased Fraud Risk as Government Invests in Infrastructure

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Though the golden days of passenger rail service are long since behind us, the federal government continues to operate Amtrak, a sprawling federal agency with more than 19,000 employees in 46 states that provides rail service...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Florida Web Designer Settles with DOJ on 2020 HealthyKids.org Medicaid Breach

A Florida communications firm and its owner agreed to pay $293,771 to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that they failed to secure personal information on a federally funded Florida children’s health insurance...more

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Beltway Buzz - September 2022 #4

Lawmakers Avoid Shutdown, Extend Government Funding Deadline. The U.S. Congress narrowly averted a federal government shutdown this week, as it approved a stopgap continuing resolution to keep the government funded and...more

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