Zero Hour: Contractors Face Increased FCA Exposure for Cybersecurity Noncompliance
Client Alert | 1 min read | 09.25.19
Along with the steady influx of cybersecurity requirements in federal procurement, contractors now face potential False Claims Act (FCA) liability in connection with cybersecurity noncompliance. Underscoring this risk was a recent FCA settlement, United States, ex rel. Glenn v. Cisco Sys. Inc., in which Cisco agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle allegations that it violated the FCA by selling products to the government that contained flawed software that was susceptible to data breaches.
In an article published in Bloomberg Law, C&M attorneys discuss the intersection of the FCA and cybersecurity requirements as well as strategies to mitigate risk and defend against cybersecurity based FCA actions.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.29.25
President Trump Issues Executive Order Deprioritizing Disparate Impact Theory of Discrimination
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, declaring it the policy of the United States “to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals.” The order reasons that “disparate impact liability all but requires individuals and businesses to consider race and engage in racial balancing to avoid potentially crippling legal liability.”
Client Alert | 6 min read | 04.28.25
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