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[Podcast] Navigating Whistleblower Trends and Risk Mitigation Under a New Administration

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, partners Greg Demers, Amy Kossak, Dan O’Connor, and associate Kendall Dacey provide updates on the SEC’s whistleblower program, False Claims Act enforcement, and recent federal laws supporting...more

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Recent Changes in Appropriations Legislation May Have Given "Baby False Claims Act" New Teeth

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On December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 5009 - “Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.” (2025 NDAA). First passed in 1961, the NDAA is a...more

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Is Tax Whistleblowing Making A Comeback?

Takeaways: •The IRS is modernizing its somewhat anemic whistleblower program. •IRS whistleblower awards are finally rebounding. •The IRS is aggressively targeting high-net-worth taxpayers and large corporations. ...more

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Whistleblower Lawyers Use False Claims Act to Target Private Equity Firms Invested In Healthcare and Life Sciences

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Recent developments demonstrate that sponsor-backed companies in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, and in some instances private equity firms and professionals, have entered a new era of heightened regulatory scrutiny...more

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Cybersecurity: A Whistleblower's Paradise

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Cyber whistleblowing is the newest and hottest area of exposure for organizations. All government contractors and grant recipients must develop an understanding of the use of the False Claims Act (FCA) to address...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 2022 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Sweeping $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill - The Hill reported that the House passed a sweeping $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package to fund the government, hours after lawmakers...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2022

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DOJ Recovers Over $5.6 Billion From Fraud and False Claims Act Matters in FY 2021: 6 Key Takeaways - On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had recovered more than $5.6 billion in Fiscal...more

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DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Borrows a Statute the Health Industry Knows Well

The new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative of the US Department of Justice’s use of the punitive False Claims Act (FCA) and its whistleblower provisions has some important legal and risk management considerations for the health...more

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False Claims Act Meets Cybersecurity: DOJ's New Civil Cyber-Fraud Unit

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of its new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative — an effort designed to harness the department's knowledge in civil fraud enforcement, government...more

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Healthcare Fraud in the Early Days of the Biden Administration

This is our eighth and final post in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Our previous entry was on pandemic-related fraud....more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2021

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PilieroMazza Reacts to the Rise in Violence Against the Asian-American Community - In the past year, 3,800 acts of violence were perpetrated against the Asian-American community, with a disproportionate number of these...more

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Investigations Newsletter: House Committee Chairs Direct White House and Federal Agencies to Preserve Documents during Transition...

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House Committee Chairs Direct White House and Federal Agencies to Preserve Documents during Transition Period to the Biden Administration - On November 10, 2020, Committee Chairs from the House of Representatives sent...more

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