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Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ and HHS Announce Formation of False Claims Act Working Group and Results of National Health Care Fraud Takedown

As we reported in our recent client alert, the Trump administration has made clear that it is committed to using the False Claims Act (FCA) to prosecute healthcare fraud. Two recent Trump administration moves give important...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 2025

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DOD Releases Intellectual Property Guidebook: Key Insights for Defense Contractors, Part 1 - On May 1, 2025, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its much-anticipated Intellectual Property (IP)...more

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New False Claims Act Threats: 5 Key Takeaways from DOJ’s Initiative Targeting DEI and Antisemitism

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On May 19, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum launching a new enforcement program known as the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative). Furthering the Trump Administration’s direct targeting of...more

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Whistleblower Watch - A quarterly update on FCA Enforcement and Qui Tam Litigation - June 2025

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Whistleblower Watch is a comprehensive source for all False Claims Act (FCA) news and information. Every quarter, Cozen O’Connor will provide in-house counsel and compliance professionals with a summary of the most notable...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?

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Host Jonathan Porter welcomes to the show Husch Blackwell partner Brian Flood to discuss how newly appointed personnel in the Trump administration could impact False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement for the remainder of 2025 and...more

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An Emerging Opportunity for the States to Revitalize Their State False Claims Act Enforcement

While the Trump administration replaces all of the United States Attorneys, as well as many senior-level positions at the Department of Justice, stakeholders will soon be able to evaluate civil enforcement priorities under...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: The False Claims Act

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The Deputy Attorney General of the United States has made it clear that the Department of Justice intends to enforce the False Claims Act (FCA) in a way it never has before: in the pursuit of civil rights fraud. Listen as...more

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DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Ups FCA Risks for Federal Fund Recipients Employing Unlawful DEI Programs

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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum introducing the “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” on May 19, 2025. The memorandum directs all Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys to use the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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DOJ Announces Intent to Use False Claims Act To Target Diversity and DEI Initiatives

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At a Glance The Department of Justice (DOJ) will use the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and pursue claims against entities that violate federal civil rights laws, including anti-discrimination and equal employment...more

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DOJ to Use False Claims Act to Crack Down on Illegal DEI

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On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new unit, the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will utilize the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any...more

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DOJ Outlines Plans to Enforce the False Claims Act Against Recipients of Federal Funds that Knowingly Violate Civil Rights Laws

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On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum, Deputy Attorney General Blanche Memo: Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, announcing an initiative to “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as...more

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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 Announces Plan to Use the FCA to Tackle DEI

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On May 19, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a novel use of the False Claims Act (FCA) to enforce Trump Administration policies against antisemitism, gender identity and expression, and diversity, equity, and...more

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Implementation of Trump DEI Orders Slower than Expected: What Contractors Should Know

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One of President Trump’s campaign themes was ending diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) programs, and he moved quickly to address those campaign promises. Within days of his inauguration, the president issued two executive...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2025 #3

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The Rise of OTA in Defense Contracting, Part 1: Defense Acquisition Reform - President Trump’s April 9, 2025, Executive Order Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation In the Defense Industrial Base (EO) is...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal District Court Temporarily Blocks DOL from Requiring DEI Certification Provisions

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On March 27, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from requiring federal contractors and...more

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Event in Review: Trump 2.0: A Brave New World for Government Contractors

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A wave of executive orders from the Trump administration is rapidly reshaping the landscape for federal contractors, with sweeping changes to U.S. foreign aid, diversity initiatives, and gender policy....more

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Federal Judge Restrains Liability for Alleged False DEI Certifications

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President Trump’s January 21 Executive Order targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs (DEI) (the “January 21 Executive Order”) and, specifically, § 3(b)(iv)) (the Certification Provision) cannot be the basis for...more

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Fourth Circuit Lifts Injunction on Key DEI Executive Order Provisions

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The Fourth Circuit recently lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction that had blocked federal agencies from carrying out key provisions in two of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...more

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Preliminary Injunction Issued to Block Provisions of Executive Orders Limiting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs; Now...

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On February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of three key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Orders intended to...more

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Trump Administration Plans Aggressive FCA Enforcement

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At the Federal Bar Association’s annual qui tam conference in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 20, 2025, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Commercial Litigation Branch, Michael Granston, said...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New DEI Executive Order Signals New Potential Enforcement of The False Claims Act

President Trump recently issued Executive Order 14173 titled ​“Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“Order”). The Order broadly aims to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”)...more

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What U.S. Employers Need to Know about Upcoming DEI Executive Orders

On the first day of President Trump’s second administration, he signed the Ending Racial and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing Executive Order. This order provides direction to eliminate any and all Diversity,...more

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The “Ending Illegal Discrimination” Executive Order: What Does It Mean for Employers?

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The landscape of federal employment priorities is being redefined. On January 22, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Ending...more

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