On Nov. 6, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced a comprehensive, department-wide audit of all contracts and task orders awarded under preference-based contracting programs. Treasury specifically cited...more
11/12/2025
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a second False Claims Act (FCA) settlement this year involving violations of employment eligibility verification requirements – underscoring that government contractors...more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Illumina Inc. agreed to pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) relating to cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its genomic...more
10/8/2025
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On Sept. 22, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued an opinion in United States, et al., ex rel. Nolan, et al. v. HCA Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 2713747 (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 22, 2025) that signals a...more
9/26/2025
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The Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Data Security Program (“the Program”, 28 C.F.R. Part 202) went into effect on April 8 with a 90-day period of limited enforcement. With DOJ now expecting full compliance, with additional...more
8/13/2025
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On July 8, a routine enforcement action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a surgery center in California escalated into criminal charges for two health care workers. ICE agents were attempting to detain...more
8/7/2025
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On July 28, the federal district court in the Southern District of Ohio issued a pair of orders in related whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act (FCA): United States ex rel. Murphy v. TriHealth, Inc., et al., No....more
8/1/2025
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On June 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest coordinated health care fraud enforcement effort in U.S. history, involving criminal charges against over 300 defendants and over $14.6 billion in health care...more
7/9/2025
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Cloud Computing ,
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Health Care Providers ,
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Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
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On June 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a removal order, holding that a naturalized U.S. citizen could not be deported following denaturalization for fraud, where he failed to disclose a recent...more
7/8/2025
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Following leadership changes at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Division, Brett Shumate, recently confirmed as the assistant attorney general, issued a memorandum directing DOJ attorneys to “use [their] enforcement...more
6/18/2025
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A recent federal jury verdict in Michigan has brought renewed attention to the compliance risks faced by employers that utilize the H-2A visa program, particularly when working with third-party labor contractors. On June 6,...more
6/11/2025
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Matthew Galeotti, head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division announced in May that DOJ “is turning a new page on white-collar and corporate enforcement.” The same day, the Criminal Division circulated four...more
6/10/2025
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