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Class Action Fairness Act Mailings 20 Years Later: Continuity and Evolution

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One of the mandates of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) of 2005 was to provide greater visibility into settlements with the goal of generating more transparency on how these settlements affect class members, according to...more

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State Challenges to U.S. Postal Service Leading Up to 2020 Election

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On September 17, a State of Washington federal judge granted Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s request in State of Washington v. Trump for a nationwide injunction, requiring the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to stop and...more

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DOJ Recovered Over $3 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in FY 2019

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it obtained more than $3 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2019. Notably, DOJ reports that “matters that...more

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DOJ Continues False Claims Act Enforcement in Transportation Industry

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Two recent False Claims Act (FCA) settlements between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and transportation companies point to the continuation of a recent trend by the DOJ to use the FCA as a significant enforcement tool...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Postal Service Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the United States Postal Service (“Postal Service”) entered into an April 18th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more

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What The Lance Armstrong Settlement Agreement Tells Us About The Government’s Case

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While the settlement of the False Claims Act case against Lance Armstrong has generated a press release, a quick online search didn’t produce a copy of the actual agreement. So I filed a Freedom of Information Act request and...more

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NLRB Restricts Employers’ Ability to Reach Consent Settlement Agreements

In United States Postal Service, 364 NLRB No. 116 (August 27, 2016), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned long-standing precedent by ruling that an administrative law judge (ALJ) may accept a proposed...more

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