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The Volkov Law Group

Here They Come: DOJ Brings False Claims Act to Tariffs and Duty Enforcement (Part II of II)

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The Justice Department knows how to use the False Claims Act — it is the primary tool against fraudsters in the healthcare industry, and going back even further, it was used against the defense industry in the 1980s and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Litigation Under the Antiterrorism Act: 2025 Year in Review

Recent years have featured an increasing number of civil actions against corporations asserting claims under the federal Antiterrorism Act of 1990 (ATA), as amended by the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

First Circuit Holds That Labs Can Generally Rely on a Doctor’s Order as Proof of Medical Necessity Under the False Claims Act

Addressing an issue of first impression, the First Circuit has clarified the burden to satisfy the knowledge element required in False Claims Act (FCA) cases in the context of laboratory testing and Medicare fraud....more

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Calling it What it Is: Restitution as a “Plainly Criminal” Punishment Under Unanimous SCOTUS opinion in Ellingburg v. United...

The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA), enacted in 1996, requires defendants convicted of certain federal crimes to pay monetary restitution to the victims. Defendants convicted of crimes that occurred prior to the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ Record Year of False Claims Act Enforcement Forecasts Even Greater Focus on the False Claims Act in 2026

On January 16, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its annual year-end report on civil False Claims Act (FCA) accomplishments and highlights from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This follows DOJ’s announcement only a week...more

Hogan Lovells

SFO’s novel restitution route returns £400,000 to victims

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On 8 January 2026, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it will return £400,000 to nine victims of a global email fraud dating back more than two decades. The move, achieved through a civil recovery order under the...more

Morgan Lewis

DOJ Announces Highest-Ever Annual False Claims Act Recoveries: Over $6.8 Billion in Fiscal Year 2025

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that recoveries from False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in fiscal year 2025 exceeded $6.8 billion, the highest annual amount in FCA history and more than double...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DOJ’s 2025 FCA Statistics – Contractors Check Your Cybersecurity Compliance and Cost or Pricing Data

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published its 2025 False Claims Act (FCA) statistics on Friday with a record-breaking $6.8 billion in judgments and settlements last fiscal year. This was the highest recovery since 2014,...more

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law +

Federal Courts Unswayed by Administration Stop Work Orders

Echoing recent rulings from the District Court for the District of Columbia, on January 16, 2026, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction, lifting...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court to Clarify SEC Disgorgement Standards Amid Circuit Split

Seeking to resolve a long-running circuit split regarding the proof of investor harm by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for purposes of a disgorgement order, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of SEC...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Clinical Labs, You're Not the Medical Necessity Police: First Circuit Clarifies Lab Liability Under the FCA

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On December 1, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a decision that should bring welcome relief to clinical laboratories facing False Claims Act (FCA) allegations. In United States ex rel. OMNI Healthcare,...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Eighth Circuit Decision Highlights High Bar for Injunctive Relief in Restrictive Covenant Cases

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On January 12, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction in Choreo, LLC v. Kevin Lors et al., reinforcing the high threshold for injunctive relief in restrictive covenant...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Court approves joint Massachusetts and CFPB settlement with credit-repair firm

Recently, the CFPB announced that it entered a stipulated final judgment and order with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against a national credit-repair company and its owner in the U.S. District Court for the District of...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States: Disgorgement Debate: Supreme Court to Hear Sripetch v. SEC

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The Supreme Court will soon once again weigh in on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement powers, this time addressing whether disgorgement is available without showing that victims suffered pecuniary...more

Venable LLP

FTC Wins Eleventh Circuit Ruling Over Hidden Fees and Deceptive Marketing

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Last week, an Eleventh Circuit panel unanimously upheld a federal district court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concerning advertising and disclosure practices related to a national...more

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2026 Health Care Fraud Year in Preview

One year into the second Trump administration, we have seen a continuation of some evergreen enforcement priorities as well as new fonts of potential risk and exposure. As in years past, the investigation and prosecution of...more

Alston & Bird

Supreme Court to Decide Whether SEC Disgorgement Requires Investor Harm

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The Supreme Court will consider this term whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may seek disgorgement in enforcement actions lacking identifiable victims or pecuniary harm, resolving a split among the...more

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Fourteenth Court of Appeals Further Limits Non-Economic Damages in ExxonMobil v. Brown

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In ExxonMobil Corp. v. Brown, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals has continued appellate-court efforts to define the contours of proving and evaluating non-economic damages in Texas....more

Lathrop GPM

Third Circuit Affirms Liquidated Damages in Favor of Hospitality Franchisor

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for a franchisor on a franchisee’s breach of contract claims, finding that the franchise agreement unambiguously granted the franchisor the right to suspend the...more

Structured Consulting

How Lawyers Arrange Lawsuit Payments While Watching for Ethical Traps

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The path settlement funds take from a defendant to a personal injury plaintiff can radically change how much the plaintiff keeps. Often, slowing settlement negotiations to plan that path, or convince defendants to cooperate,...more

Cozen O'Connor

AGs’ Interest in Capital One Savings Pays Off for Consumers

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Capital One reached a $425 million class action settlement with its 360 Savings customers, resolving claims that the bank misled customers and deprived them of higher interest payments over several years....more

CDF Labor Law LLP

[Webinar] PAGA 2026: Post-Reform Trends + Compliance & Defense Strategies - January 27th, 10:00 am - 11:15 am PT

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California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) remains one of the most active (and expensive) sources of employment litigation risk for California employers. Join CDF Labor Law LLP partners Corey Cabral and Amy...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Increased Criminal and Civil Enforcement by DOJ for Skin Substitutes in Wound Care

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The Department of Justice recently announced, “[i]n the first [criminal] prosecution of its kind,” that husband and wife owners of wound graft companies were sentenced to 14.5 and 15 years imprisonment respectively for...more

Troutman Amin LLP

OPENAI LIABLE FOR ROBOCALLS/TEXTS???: New TCPA Complaint Claims OpenAi and Twilio are Liable for User Initiated Robotexts...

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Every trade show you attend these days you see “AI voice” outreach platforms promising to replace human agents. “They’re cheaper.” “They’re better.” “They’re more compliant.” As if consumers would rather talk to a bot than a...more

Maison Law

What to Expect if Your California Personal Injury Goes to Trial

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If you're heading to trial in California for your personal injury case, it's probably pretty scary - especially when you thought this whole thing would've been settled by now. Most of these cases get worked out without ever...more

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