Last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a more than $17 million settlement with IBM to resolve allegations that the company violated the FCA by defying “anti-discrimination requirements as […]
During her keynote speech at the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Conference, Brenna Jenny, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Commercial Litigation Branch, stated that robust FCA enforcement is “the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a May 19, 2025 memorandum, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which aims to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and “pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws” via “racist preferences, mandates, . . . and activities”—including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
A recent opinion from the Northern District of Georgia reminds False Claims Act defendants about a potentially powerful tool at their disposal—counterclaims. In United States ex rel. Cooley v. ERMI, […]