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Latham & Watkins LLP

The NIH Funding Cuts: Implications and Status of Lawsuits

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The proposed cuts would place a 15% indirect cost rate on all new and existing grant awards received by research institutions and universities....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 2. In This Month's E-News: February 2022

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 2 (January 27, 2022) - While expressing their “great disappointment,” the University of Michigan (U-M) Board of Regents on Jan. 16 announced the immediate removal of Mark Schlissel as...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 9. In This Month’s E-News: September 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) - A former Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researcher who was the principal investigator on a 2014 NIH award of $939,495.27 and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Revised UG Ups Micro-Purchase Level, Eases Award Termination, Addresses Indirect Rates

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) - The 120-day closeout that institutions fought for after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) first released the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost...more

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False Claims Act Risks In U.S. Higher Education

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The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has long been a powerful tool for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — or private whistleblowers bringing suit on the DOJ’s behalf — to investigate and police activity financed with...more

Jones Day

False Claims Act Alert: Federal Grant Reporting Serves as Basis for FCA Action

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On February 16, 2018, the University of North Texas settled with the Department of Justice for more than $13 million based upon a self-reported failure to accurately measure, track, and pay researchers for effort spent on...more

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False Claims Act Lawsuits Increasingly Target Universities

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Research universities have increasingly become targets for False Claims Act actions, both by private plaintiffs and by the government. Because the FCA began as a statute focused on government procurement and has only more...more

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