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Statute of Limitations Government Investigations

Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period... more +
Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period usually commencing from the date of the wrong or injury or the discovery of the wrong or injury. Except for under a limited set of circumstances, if an individual does not file a suit within the specified time period, the law bars them from ever suing on that claim. less -
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Say SoL Long to Short Limits: Doubling Down on the Sanctions Statute of Limitations

Effective April 24, the statute of limitations (“SoL”) under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (“TWEA”) has been extended from five to ten years. It would have been...more

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Opposing Endless Extensions of the 60-Day Seal Period in False Claims Act Cases

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Is there a limit on the number of times the federal government can request extensions of the 60-day period under seal to decide whether to intervene in a qui tam relator's False Claims Act (FCA) case? The appellants in U.S....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Government Investigations Team Insights - September 2023

AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Gamesmanship No More: How the Government’s Dawdling Cut a False Claims Act Verdict in Half

After a substantial jury verdict following a lengthy trial, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declined to accept the defendants’ invitation to throw out the government’s complaint in intervention as a...more

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President Biden Extends Statute of Limitations for PPP and EIDL Fraud to Ten Years

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In August, President Biden signed two bills into law that give the Department of Justice and other federal agencies more time to investigate and prosecute Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and COVID-19 Economic Injury...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Statute of Limitations for PPP and EIDL Fraud Extended to Ten Years

On August 5, President Biden signed two bills into law that extend to ten years the statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement actions for fraud on the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury...more

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Criminal Tax Statutes of Limitations and Suspensions: 18 U.S.C. § 3292 and the Fifth Circuit’s Decision in Pursley

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In civil and in criminal cases, the Government must generally act within a certain prescribed time to take action against taxpayers. In legal parlance, this period of time is known as the “statute of limitations.” The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Biden DOJ Likely To Employ FIRREA as an Enforcement Tool

The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden is widely expected to increase its focus on white collar enforcement actions against individuals and financial institutions. We anticipate that we will see, as we did...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2019 Year in Review

The year 2019 was another active year in False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation. Although the year lacked a singular blockbuster case, there were decisions of particular note. The Supreme Court clarified the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Federal Securities Litigation and Regulation: A Periodic Review and Predictions for the Remainder of 2019

While the past year, or even eighteen months, was short on landmark federal securities law decisions, there was significant activity on the part of private securities litigants. In 2018, plaintiffs filed 403 new federal...more

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What’s Happening?? Recent changes to the Illinois Human Rights Act

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A number of changes have been made (and proposed amendments are being considered) to the Illinois Human Rights Act since the beginning of the year....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

FERC Enforcement Actions After Chairman’s Abrupt Exit and Lack of Quorum

Matt Connolly, a senior associate in Nutter’s Litigation Department, evaluated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) enforcement actions in the wake of Chairman Norman Bay’s resignation in Nutter Insights. Matt...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Employment Practices Newsletter - June 2016

EEOC Issues Final Regulations on Wellness Programs - It seems to be a win-win when employers who provide employees with incentives to encourage healthy behavior. But employers that do so must contend with an alphabet...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

New DOJ Policy Alert: Here's Looking at You, Kid - DOJ Announces Six Specific Steps to Hold Individual "Corporate Wrongdoers"...

Why it matters: On September 9, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates issued a memo to all DOJ department heads and U.S. Attorneys which detailed the Government's new policy centered on accountability for the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Three Key Takeaways from DOJ’s New Yates Memo on Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing

During a September 10, 2015 conference at New York University, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Sally Quillian Yates announced new Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) policy that could significantly affect the way that...more

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DOJ Outlines New Policy Regarding White Collar Cases Against Individuals

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The Department of Justice has released a new policy intended to further the Department’s effort to hold individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing. The policy was laid out in a September 9, 2015 memorandum authored by...more

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