On April 21, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of a painting subcontractor and its owner (defendants) under the federal wire fraud statute for conspiring to defraud the Department of Transportation...more
4/26/2023
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Construction Project ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
DBE Program ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Goods or Services ,
Infrastructure ,
Subcontractors ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
On August 31, 2015, highway contractors Trinity Industries, Inc. and Trinity Highway Products, LLC (collectively, Trinity) appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit a $663,360,750 final judgment entered...more
10/27/2015
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Attorney's Fees ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Construction Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Excessive Fines Clause ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Highway Administration ,
Final Judgment ,
Highways ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Party ,
Relators ,
Treble Damages ,
Whistleblowers ,
Young Lawyers
On August 31, 2015, highway contractors Trinity Industries, Inc. and Trinity Highway Products, LLC (collectively, Trinity) appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit a $663,360,750 final judgment entered...more
10/6/2015
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Contractors ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Excessive Fines Clause ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Highway Administration ,
Final Judgment ,
Highways ,
Whistleblowers
Suppliers are caught in the middle of a new enforcement trend in federal, state, and local investigations of disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) fraud. Historically, DBE fraud investigations have focused on the...more
2/24/2015
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Construction Industry ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
DBE Program ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Labor Contractor ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Subcontractors ,
Suppliers