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California FCA Strengthened to Parallel the Federal Act

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.23.12

On September 27, Governor Brown signed into law amendments to the California False Claims Act predominantly designed to strengthen the CFCA and conform it to the federal FCA. The new law, which takes effect on January 1, 2013, increases incentives to bring lawsuits against state and local contractors by broadening anti-retaliation provisions, raising the amount of civil penalties recoverable, facilitating whistleblower suits, and extending liability for retention of an overpayment.


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.07.25

FTC Cracks Down on AI Model’s AI Detection Claims

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed order prohibiting Workado, LLC, from advertising the accuracy of its artificial intelligence (AI) detection products unless it possesses competent and reliable evidence demonstrating that the model performs as depicted....