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Department of Justice (DOJ) Interim Rule

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fines Increasing: Fresh Incentive for Employer Immigration Law Compliance

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an interim final rule that increases significantly the monetary fines assessed against employers for violations of federal immigration law. Under the Immigration Reform and...more

Baker Donelson

Federal Agencies Forced to Implement Huge Increases in Civil Monetary Penalties for Health Care Fraud

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Thanks to section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Public Law 114–74, federal agencies have been forced to implement huge increases in penalties intended to deter health care fraud. The Federal Civil Penalties...more

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DOJ Doubles Penalties for Violation of the False Claims Act

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has issued an interim final rule that dramatically increases the dollar amount for civil penalties that can be assessed against an entity or individual who violates the False Claims Act...more

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The Department of Justice Ups the Ante: Per Claim Penalties for False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute Violations Nearly...

On June 30, 2016, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published an interim file rule that dramatically increases the per claim penalties for violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) among...more

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Immigration Penalties Adjusted for Inflation Increases to Take Effect August 1

On June 30 and July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) each published separate interim final rules in the Federal Register to...more

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Civil Fines Jump Across Agencies Under Inflation Adjustment Act

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Civil fines across federal agencies have recently been increased dramatically under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) (Sec. 701 of Public Law 114-74), with some more than...more

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Department of Justice Imposes Almost 100% Increase in Minimum and Maximum Monetary Penalties Under FCA

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On June 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced an interim final rule almost doubling per-claim penalties under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The FCA still imposes treble damages for government losses in...more

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New Regulations Increase Fines for Immigration-Related Violations

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an interim final rule that will increase fines on U.S. employers for violations of federal immigration law. The rule has the potential to substantially increase penalties...more

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DOJ Doubles FCA Civil Penalties

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As required by last November's Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, the Department of Justice on June 30 released an interim final rule making inflationary adjustments to civil monetary penalties under its jurisdiction, including...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Employers Beware: DOJ Nearly Doubles Civil Penalties for IRCA Violations

On June 30th The Department of Justice (DOJ) published an Interim Final Rule adjusting civil monetary penalties for immigration related employment violations set forth in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)....more

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FCA Penalties to Nearly Double After Inflation Adjustment

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In an Interim Final Rule effective August 1, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed increased statutory penalties under the False Claims Act (FCA) to adjust for inflation, almost doubling current penalty amounts. ...more

Morgan Lewis

False Claims Act Update

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As anticipated, the DOJ follows the RRB’s lead, nearly doubling FCA penalties. In accordance with Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), Public Law 114-74, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published an...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Federal Civil Penalties Going Up, Way Up

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The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published an Interim Final Rule on June 30th nearly doubling the per-claim civil penalties for violations of a number of laws, including the False Claims Act (FCA), the Program...more

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DOJ Announces Dramatic Increase in False Claims Act Penalties

On May 6th, we posted about the possibility that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) might dramatically increase False Claims Act (“FCA”) penalties after the Railroad Retirement Board (“RRB”) nearly doubled the per-claim...more

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