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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 | 05.28.26

PFAS Regulatory Alert: EPA Rolls Back RCRA Proposed Rule on “Hazardous Waste” but Does Not Disturb Proposed RCRA Rule on PFAS

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew a February 2024 Biden administration proposed rule, “Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases From Solid Waste Management Units,” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).[1] The withdrawn proposal would have revised RCRA corrective action regulations to expressly apply the broader statutory definition of “hazardous waste,” rather than only the narrower regulatory definition. Now, EPA is maintaining the status quo for corrective action under RCRA. However, EPA’s withdrawal of its proposed RCRA hazardous waste definition makes no mention of its corresponding proposal from 2024 to list nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as RCRA hazardous constituents.[2] This disjointed withdrawal, while providing some certainty for regulated entities, does not resolve how EPA plans to address PFAS under the RCRA program....