On January 27, Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox delivered keynote remarks on the False Claims Act (FCA) at the 2020 Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement. Mr. Cox’s remarks described the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) ongoing
On January 9, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its statistics on federal False Claims Act cases for FY 2019. In a lengthy press release, the DOJ reported more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil
Rumors of a significant shift in U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) policy were confirmed last week when a privileged and confidential internal DOJ memo was leaked to the press. The memo outlines seven factors government attorneys should use for evaluating
Last week, a senior US Department of Justice official appeared to announce a surprising, and potentially significant, shift in policy regarding qui tam litigation. Michael Granston, director of the commercial litigation branch of the fraud section in the DOJ’s civil
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced yesterday that it recovered over $4.7 billion in fiscal year 2016 in civil cases involving claims of fraud against the government under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). This is the third largest annual recovery