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DOJ Reports Record Haul in FY14 FCA Recoveries of Nearly $6 Billion

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.21.14

On November 19, 2014, DOJ reported that it had obtained a record $5.69 billion in recoveries (settlements and judgments) from civil FCA cases in FY14, the first time recoveries have exceeded $5 billion, and that this brings total recoveries from January 2009 through the end of FY14 to $22.75. Of the FY14 recoveries, $3.1 billion related to housing and mortgage fraud, $2.3 billion related to health care fraud, and the remainder related to procurement and other federal programs.


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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.10.26

Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of Blue & Gold: Proposal Submission Deadline, Not Award, is the Operative Time for Filing

In Utech, Inc. v. United States, No. 24-1586 (Fed. Cir. June 24, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that in most cases, a pre-award protest must be filed before the proposal submission deadline to avoid the Blue & Gold waiver rule.  This decision, while nonprecedential, is in line with U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) precedent, which has long held that pre-award protests must be filed before the proposal submission deadline....