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 | 4 min read | 10.30.26
Recent sustain decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC and Reliance Test & Technology send a clear message: when an agency tries to fix a Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) violation by committing a second one, the cure can be just as fatal as the disease. The cases involved the U.S. Air Force’s $1.8 billion procurement for O&M services at Elgin Air Force Base. During discussions, the Air Force inadvertently released a pricing overview slide with all offerors’ bottom-line evaluated costs to Reliance Test & Technology, which immediately notified the agency of the error. In response, the Air Force decided to level the playing field by providing the same information to all the other offerors in the procurement, stating, “[o]fferors may consider this disclosure in their [final proposal revision].”
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.29.26
What University Licensors Should Learn From TexasLDPC v. Broadcom
Client Alert | 2 min read | 10.28.26
Debriefing to Dead Briefing: How to Avoid Dismissal by Identifying “Required” Debriefings
