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“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”  – quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson and John Philpot Curran Over the past two years, nearly three dozen states have considered legislation requiring drug manufacturers [...]

Trump Administration’s Efforts to Cut Funding to Entities Providing Gender Affirming Care Remain Blocked On February 28, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King issued a preliminary injunction in State of Washington [...]

Yesterday, the Executive Order titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders” may have upended a 1998 interpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), commonly known as [...]

This week, two federal courts issued temporary restraining orders related to two of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders impacting gender affirming care, Executive Order 14168 (“Defending Women…”) and Executive Order 14187 (“Protecting [...]

The new second term Trump Administration, barely a month old, has stirred controversy through a lightning-fast review of federal spending, in some cases attempting to freeze trillions of dollars in already-appropriated federal [...]

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 [...]