News & Analysis as of

Policy Memorandums False Claims Act (FCA)

Latham & Watkins LLP

Key Insights on DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative

Latham & Watkins LLP on

In a memorandum dated May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the establishment of a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative) at the Department of Justice (DOJ)....more

Wiley Rein LLP

DOJ Rescinds Agency Guidance Policy Expanding the FCA Landscape

Wiley Rein LLP on

After a wave of defense-friendly policies under the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reversed course on agency guidance and its buyer’s remorse will enable its attorneys to try once again to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Post-Granston Memo, DOJ Can Use Its Dismissal Authority, but Not Without Limits

Foley & Lardner LLP on

In a memo leaked last year (the Granston Memo), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) instructed its prosecutors to more seriously consider dismissing meritless whistleblower False Claims Act (FCA) cases when it is in the...more

Morgan Lewis

DOJ Affirms Commitment to Enforcing FCA, Clarifies Equitable Enforcement Policies

Morgan Lewis on

Addressing attendees at the 2019 Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement, Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox emphasized the Department of Justice’s continued commitment to vigorous False Claims Act...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OSD Issues Policy Guidance Rejecting “Sweeps” Data

By memorandum dated June 7, 2018, Shay Assad, DoD’s Director, Defense Pricing/Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, has reversed decades of procurement practice that has been embraced by industry and the government...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Defending False Claims Act Cases: Two New Tools Under the Trump Administration

Foley Hoag LLP on

Earlier this year, the Department of Justice, Civil Division, issued two policy memos that will directly affect its civil enforcement priorities, particularly with regard to healthcare and life sciences companies. The first...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

DOJ Memoranda Encourage Dismissal of Declined False Claims Act Cases and Prohibit Government Reliance on Noncompliance with Agency...

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on

The Department of Justice issued two memoranda at the start of 2018 that may have important effects on health care fraud investigations and prosecutions under the False Claims Act. ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New DOJ Guidance Portends New Defenses in False Claims Act Cases

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued two separate memoranda with potentially far-reaching consequences. While the practical effect of these documents remains to be seen, they may provide another avenue of...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Has the DOJ Signaled a More Critical Approach to FCA Cases?

Defendants have faced an ever increasing number of qui tam actions, yet the government has historically declined to seek dismissal of those actions where it declined to intervene. ...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide