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Vinson & Elkins LLP

DOJ’s Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Restoration of Settlement Projects: 5 Things You Should Know

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy (“the Strategy”) on May 5, 2022, pursuant to President Biden’s January 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at...more

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False Claims Act/Reverse-False-Claim: Federal Appellate Court Reviews Challenge to Conservancy District's Oil and Gas Leases

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Sixth Circuit”) addressed in a June 26th opinion a False Claims Act (“FCA”) challenge by two individuals to oil and gas leases entered into by the Muskingum Watershed...more

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Construction Subcontractor Settles FCA Allegations for $2.8 Million

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A recent settlement illustrates the broad reach of the FCA and the substantial liability that “mere retention” of an overpayment can impose on contractors several steps removed from a government contract. The dispute...more

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