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The Top FCA Developments Of 2017

Client Alert | 1 min read | 02.02.18

From decisions on small business fraud to interpretations of the reverse FCA, 2017 was another busy year for False Claims Act developments.  In a "Feature Comment" published in The Government Contractor, C&M attorneys highlight top developments from 2017 on key issues such as original source requirements, DOJ’s potential dismissal of meritless qui tams, statistical sampling, and perhaps most significantly, the continued evolution of the case law in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark implied certification and materiality decision in Escobar

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 02.19.26

Proposed NY Legislation May Mean Potential Criminal Charges for Unlicensed Crypto Firms

On January 14, 2026, State Senator Zellnor Myrie proposed legislation in the New York State Senate that would amend New York law to make it a criminal offense to operate a virtual currency business in New York without the proper license. By introducing the possibility of criminal penalties, Senate Bill S. 8901, the Cryptocurrency Regulation Yields Protections, Trust, and Oversight Act (CRYPTO Act), would mark a significant regulatory shift in the state’s oversight of virtual currency businesses, given New York’s prominence in virtual currency regulation in the U.S....