DOJ Announces First FCA Settlement Secured Under its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
On April 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the first False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlement secured under its “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative,” which now-Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced in May 2025. According to DOJ, the initiative utilizes the FCA “to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal...
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Avoiding Suspension and Debarment: The Benefits of Early Cooperation
Article By: Paxton Ouellette, Associate In early 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a press release stating that it had resolved a False Claims Act (“FCA”) matter involving U.S. Navy supply chain contractor Teledyne RISI Inc., also known as Teledyne Electronic Safety Products (“Teledyne”). In the announcement, DOJ explained that Teledyne had...
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DOJ’s First-Ever Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement Policy: What Businesses Need to Know
Article by: Rory Hatch, Associate On March 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice released a landmark policy that fundamentally changes how companies should approach corporate misconduct. The new Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”) is a single, uniform framework governing corporate criminal enforcement across every DOJ component and U.S. Attorney’s Office...
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Mid-year round-up on compliance trends from the Department of Justice
~ DOJ Compliance and Enforcement trends January 2023 through June 2023 ~ “Investing now in a robust compliance program is good for business, and it is good for our collective economic and national security.” – Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General at the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime, March 2, 2023....
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