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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

DOJ on Campus: DOJ’s First Intervention in False Claims Act Case Alleging University Knowingly Failed to Meet Contractual...

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Cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors and grantees continue to proliferate—and those requirements do not just come with contractual risk. Increasingly, the United States government is leveraging enforcement...more

Alston & Bird

Justice Department Intervention in Cyber False Claims Act Case Signals Escalation of Risk for Government Contractors

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An unprecedented cyber qui tam action involving Georgia Tech’s alleged failure to comply with certain cybersecurity controls underscores the importance of having advanced cyber requirements for federal contractors. Our...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Brings Suit Against University Under Its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

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Late last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its complaint-in-intervention in a qui tam lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), alleging that the university failed to meet certain...more

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White Collar Quarterly Report - August 2024

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In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases. ..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight...more

Snell & Wilmer

Scope of FCA Liability Illustrated In Recent Actions Against Higher Education Institutions

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In the past five years, the Federal Government and “Qui Tam” Realtors have ramped up False Claims Act (“FCA”) actions against higher education institutions. These actions highlight the scope and breadth of potential FCA...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: January 2024

The Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are requesting comments on a “draft guidance framework designed to help federal agencies evaluate when it may be appropriate to exercise...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: November 2023

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 11 (November, 2023) City University of New York (CUNY ) has accused neuroscientist Hoau-Yan Wang, a CUNY faculty member and longtime collaborator with embattled biotech firm Cassava...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 6. In This Month's E-News: June 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) - A former assistant veterinary medicine professor at the University of Maryland will retract or correct seven papers published from 2013 to 2016 that contained reused or...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Despite its earlier agreement to repay just $5,442 in costs questioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, the University of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance, News Briefs: November 2019

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 36 (Oct. 14, 2019). - NIH should “update its guidance on vetting peer reviewer nominees to identify potential foreign threats to research integrity” and “develop a risk-based approach...more

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