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DOJ and HHS Relaunch False Claims Act Working Group, Sharpen Healthcare Enforcement Priorities

White & Case LLP on 7/21/2025

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the reestablishment of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act (FCA) Working Group. While the two agencies...more

Trump Administration Revamps Working Group to Focus on False Claims Act

King & Spalding on 7/15/2025

On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, HHS and DOJ announced a new working group focused on enforcement of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). According to the announcement, the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group (“Working Group”) is a...more

EnforceMintz — Artificial Intelligence and False Claims Act Enforcement

Mintz on 2/13/2024

Like most industries, the health care sector is grappling with the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and what AI means for the future. At the same time, many health care companies already have integrated algorithms and AI...more

Expect More Cyber-Enforcement under the False Claims Act

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/31/2023

Earlier this month, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan outlining specific “high impact initiatives” that the federal government will carry out to achieve its cybersecurity...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/16/2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

False Claims Act Enforcement: Looking Back and What to Expect in 2023

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 2/14/2023

This is the first in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: criminal tax enforcement. The False Claims Act (or “FCA”) continued to drive significant enforcement...more

Enforcement Against COVID-19 Related Fraud: Two-Year Anniversary Update

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/16/2022

On the eve of the pandemic’s two-year anniversary, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated statistics on its efforts to combat COVID-19 related fraud and announced the appointment of a director of COVID-19 Fraud...more

What Does the DOJ’s New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Mean for You?

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 2/16/2022

As discussed in a previous post, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to utilize one of the strongest tools in its toolbox—the False Claims Act—to hold entities receiving federal...more

Tenet Healthcare Settles Fraud Case for $514 Million

The Volkov Law Group on 10/25/2016

If you work in compliance in the healthcare industry, you have a tough job. The number and variety of risks that healthcare providers face is daunting. The False Claims Act is a mighty weapon in the hands of federal...more

Prevailing in an Era of Regulatory Enforcement – Balancing Risk and Compliance [Expect Focus – Vol. II, July 2016]

Carlton Fields on 7/26/2016

IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - SEC Sanctions Unregistered EB-5 Investments Broker SECURITIES - - FINRA to Assess Member Firms’ Culture - SEC Seeks Fund Responses to Distribution-In-Guise Guidance ...more

Supreme Court Decision Has Good News and Bad News for Those Facing False Claims Act Litigation

BakerHostetler on 6/1/2015

On May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued an opinion in a federal False Claims Act (FCA) case that resolves two important procedural points litigants face: the tolling of the six-year statute of...more

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