Enforcement Insider

In a brief farewell message from the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported more than $2.9 billion in federal False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments during fiscal year [...]

New Administrative False Claims Act, Buried within the NDAA, Gives Agencies Heightened Authority to Pursue False Claims and Statements Enforcement of civil fraud at the agency level received an under-the-radar boost at [...]

HHS-OIG’s recently released Fall 2024 Semiannual Report to Congress highlights an aggressive enforcement landscape and increased scrutiny for recipients of HHS funds, whether those funds are received through grants, contracts, or participation [...]

In another notable False Claims Act development, a Massachusetts federal district court recently held that, when the United States intervenes in a relator’s qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) [...]

On October 22, the Department of Justice announced that Pennsylvania State University will pay $1.25 million to settle a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit accusing it of failing to comply with cybersecurity [...]

In a one-of-a-kind decision that flies in the face of decades of precedent, a Florida federal district court recently held that the False Claims Act’s ("FCA") qui tam provisions are unconstitutional as [...]

The DOJ’s Complaint Also Emphasizes Its Expectation That Contractors and Grantees Implement Appropriate Cybersecurity Measures By filing a Complaint-In-Intervention against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. [...]

Alleged Fraud-In-The-Inducement Results in $6.3M Settlement The government’s focused policing of its massive COVID-19 spending—in particular its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lending—continues to yield settlements and convey lessons for recipients of federal [...]

Laboratory Companies’ Unnecessary COVID-19 Testing at Nursing Homes Resulted in Fraudulently Billing Medicare The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) remains focused on one of its top enforcement priorities for 2024: detecting, investigating [...]

DOJ has again signaled it remains focused on investigating health care fraud and false claims throughout the country. The latest major, coordinated enforcement action underscores that federal grantees must not only be [...]