With a team that includes former senior fraud prosecutors and career white collar defense attorneys, our False Claims Act group helps clients resolve the unique challenges posed by government enforcers and incentivized litigants. Our work has led the Department of Justice to decline and, in some cases, dismiss relators’ FCA cases. We have also resolved state and federal government investigations with favorable outcomes before they became public. And in cases that have gone to court, we’ve won significant victories for FCA defendants.

As the United States’ chief civil enforcement tool for investigating and pursuing alleged fraud against the government, the FCA can expose companies to enormous financial risk. Each year, DOJ seeks and obtains billions of dollars in FCA settlements and judgments. Over the last decade, it has taken in more than US$37 billion from FCA defendants.

Many FCA actions originate as sealed qui tam complaints brought by private litigants with purported knowledge of alleged fraud—and with financial incentives to plead FCA claims. Hundreds are filed every year, triggering DOJ investigations. As DOJ and relators’ counsel continue their aggressive pursuit of potential fraud claims, any entity or person that does business, directly or indirectly, with the US government—or invests in companies that do government business—must understand and protect against FCA liability risk.

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