The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) touted a record $6.8 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries in fiscal year 2025, but that rearview mirror look greatly derives from investigations and qui tam actions that predated the Trump administration. For chief compliance officers and legal counsel, what’s more telling is where this administration’s FCA enforcement targets lie now.
“What we’re seeing in terms of current DOJ enforcement priorities—based on active investigations and litigation—are a steady drumbeat of healthcare-related matters, along with an uptick in actions focusing on alleged violations of customs laws, cybersecurity regulations, and Title IV funding requirements,” said Douglas Baruch, a litigation partner at Morgan Lewis.
Additionally, this administration’s active recruitment of whistleblowers in several enforcement areas appears to be bearing fruit. Whistleblowers filed a record 1,297 qui tam cases in FY 2025, breaking the prior fiscal year record of 980 such cases. This figure is also more than three times the 401 investigations the government opened.
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