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Fraud, the silent epidemic
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, May 3, 2025
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 29, 2025, The GenZ/RTO Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – A Study in Scarlet, Introduction to Compliance Lessons
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Elder Financial Exploitation
Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
An Ounce of Prevention Podcast | Preparing for the UK Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence
Sunday Book Review: March 23, 2025, The Hard-Boiled Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending, March 22, 2025
Daily Compliance News: March 14, 2025, The $200 Transaction Edition
PilieroMazza Annual Review: What DOJ’s 2024 FCA Report Means for Government Contractors
Episode 354 -- The New Era of Compliance: Generative AI, Data and Innovation
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 4 - A Focus on the FCA – Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
While some areas of white-collar enforcement have been deprioritized by the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) remains committed to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative as demonstrated by two recent False...more
Note to research compliance officials still digesting news of Pennsylvania State’s recent $1.25 million settlement over False Claims Act (FCA) allegations related to cybersecurity and the government’s recent intervention in a...more
In August, the United States filed a Complaint-in-Intervention in a False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower suit alleging that the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) and an affiliate, Georgia Tech Research Corp....more
Cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors and grantees continue to proliferate—and those requirements do not just come with contractual risk. Increasingly, the United States government is leveraging enforcement...more
On August 22, the United States filed its complaint-in-intervention (Complaint) against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC, collectively, defendants), asserting claims...more
Late last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its complaint-in-intervention in a qui tam lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), alleging that the university failed to meet certain...more
Over the last six months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has remained vigilant in pursuing cybersecurity-related fraud under its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative first announced in October 2021. As we have previously...more
A recently unsealed case against Pennsylvania State University: - Serves as yet another example of the increased use of the False Claims Act (FCA) in cybersecurity enforcement. - Underscores the need for companies...more
While the DoD charts a path forward on CMMC, the USG is emphasizing the need to comply with existing cyber obligations in government contracts and taking steps to enforce compliance with those obligations. The June 16 Memo...more
Last fall, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“CCFI”) as part of its effort to “combat new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and...more
On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $9 million settlement with federal government contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. for alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) in a case pending in the...more
The Department of Justice unveiled its Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October 2021, announcing that it planned to use its civil fraud enforcement authority under the False Claims Act to ensure compliance with contractual...more
DOJ Recovers Over $5.6 Billion From Fraud and False Claims Act Matters in FY 2021: 6 Key Takeaways - On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had recovered more than $5.6 billion in Fiscal...more
Defense contractors and their subcontractors and supply chains that have been preparing for the challenge of complying with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) recently received some welcome news from the...more
The Department of Justice recently announced a new initiative that aims to hold government contractors accountable when they fail to meet required cybersecurity standards. In announcing the “Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative” in...more
On October 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to pursue cybersecurity fraud matters using the enforcement mechanisms of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). This...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced plans to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors, subcontractors and grant recipients, including for providing...more
On October 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an initiative to pursue civil False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions against government contractors that knowingly fail to follow required cybersecurity...more
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of its new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative — an effort designed to harness the department's knowledge in civil fraud enforcement, government...more
In the wake of increasing cybersecurity threats and incidents, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) amended its Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) in 2015 to issue the 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense...more
As predicted, a recent decision from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of California is the first sign of a new, and potentially enormous wave, of Civil False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33 (“FCA”) actions...more