At the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Conference, Brenna Jenny, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General of DOJ’s Commercial Litigation Branch, offered the most detailed description yet of the Trump Administration’s […]
Speaking as part of a panel at the Federal Bar Association’s annual Qui Tam Conference today, a Senior Trial Counsel at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Christelle Klovers, emphasized the […]
Last week, DOJ released its annual report detailing FCA recoveries and new cases, which can be found here. In the press release, accessible here, DOJ touts two records in fiscal […]
We have previously reported on two district court decisions from Minnesota and Texas analyzing FCA damages and penalties under the Eighth Amendment Excessive Fines Clause, with both courts finding the […]
DOJ announced that genetic testing company Illumina Inc. will pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it sold genomic sequencing systems with cybersecurity vulnerabilities to the various federal Departments and […]
The FCA’s qui tam provisions are intended to incentivize individuals who have legitimate information about fraud on the government that would otherwise go undetected to bring those issues forward. Increasingly, […]
Two recent settlements involving imports from the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) illustrate the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) commitment to rapidly stepping up enforcement against tariff evasion and customs […]
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the renewal of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group, a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and […]
As discussed here, there is new leadership at DOJ and last week we got insight into when DOJ is moved to exercise its dismissal authority under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A). In […]
This past week saw a major change of the guard at the U.S. Department of Justice – one that may have significant impacts for the Civil Division’s use of the […]