Hill Wants to Extend Whistleblower Protections
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.29.16
In a rare display of unity, a bipartisan group of legislators want to make permanent the pilot program extending federal whistleblower protections to subcontractors and to require modification of existing contracts to include them. This is the latest step in a years-long, rising tide of whistleblower protections, causing prudent contractors to double down on culture, communication, and redrafted codes of ethics.
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Client Alert | 5 min read | 09.02.26
DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Claims Another DEI-Related FCA Settlement
On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Deloitte LLP and several of its subsidiaries agreed to pay, collectively, $21.5 million to resolve allegations that Deloitte violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with new anti-discrimination requirements incorporated into its federal contracts, by discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of race and sex, and by allocating and seeking reimbursement for costs related to those practices under its federal government contracts. This resolution is the second of its kind under DOJ’s recently launched Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, following a similar settlement by IBM in April 2026.
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OCC and FDIC Redefine “Unsafe or Unsound Practices”: The New Supervisory Framework for Banks
