After fourteen years of litigation, United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. arrived at its likely end after the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois rejected relators’ bid for a new trial after a...more
11/7/2025
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Dorsey’s FCANow Blog is kicking off a new series—FCA Basics. Over the coming months, the FCANow Blog will feature posts covering the fundamentals of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), outlining FCA procedure, and highlighting key...more
11/3/2025
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According to public reporting, the White House recently proposed a Compact for Academic Excellence in Education (“Compact”) to nine universities, promising a closer relationship with the White House, preferential access to...more
The Administration’s muscular, policy-driven enforcement efforts will now get a new branch within the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, likely forecasting more civil litigation against those organizations misaligned...more
In a recent memorandum addressing new enforcement priorities for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Attorney General Pam Bondi directed both DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorneys to “be alert” and to “identify and...more
The Trump Administration announced its intent to overhaul federal grantmaking and grant administration in an August 7 Executive Order titled Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking....more
8/13/2025
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released a Memorandum emphasizing the Trump administration’s focus on eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) and DEI-like programs....more
The Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services announced the reinvigoration of a False Claims Act (“FCA”) Working Group, a joint effort between the two agencies. ...more
7/10/2025
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The Civil Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have directed the Civil Division to use its enforcement authorities to “advance the administration’s policy...more
6/25/2025
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On Monday, May 19, 2025, Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum establishing the “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” (the “Memorandum”), in the latest signal that DOJ intends to...more
5/21/2025
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The Trump Administration’s effort to remake the Federal government’s relationship with Higher Ed and research grantees continues to gather steam, and an unprecedented recent letter to Harvard presages a potentially new front:...more
5/13/2025
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As the business community adjusts to the reality of the Trump Administration’s sweeping new tariff regime, importers and other organizations that rely on imports should be mindful that with the expansion and sharp increases...more
4/22/2025
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Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Granston laid out the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) priorities over the next four years at the Federal Bar Association’s annual qui tam conference in Washington, D.C. last week....more