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DOJ Reports $3.5B Haul from FCA Enforcement in FY15

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.11.15

On December 3, 2015, DOJ reported that it had obtained more than $3.5 billion in recoveries (settlements and judgments) from civil FCA cases in FY15, making it the fourth year in a row that recoveries have exceeded this amount. Of the FY15 recoveries, $1.1 billion related to procurement, $1.9 billion to health care fraud, and the remainder to mortgage fraud and other federal programs.


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.01.26

Supreme Court Rejects “Mere Knowledge” Standard for Contributory Copyright Infringement in Cox v. Sony, Reverses $1 Billion Judgment Against Cox

On March 25, 2026, in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion verdict against Cox. The judgment was the result of a jury trial in which Sony claimed that Cox was liable for contributory copyright infringement because it knew that its customers were using its service to infringe yet did not respond with sufficient diligence to prevent that infringement....