DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative presents new risks for government contractors, using the FCA to pursue federal fund recipients who violate Title VII, Title IX and other federal civil rights laws. Jackson Lewis Government Contracting and Compliance Group Co-leader Scott Pechaitis speaks with Principal Jeremy Schneider to explain the new link between the FCA and civil rights and provide practical steps contractors can take to reduce exposure.
Scott Pechaitis
Principal, Denver
Welcome back, everyone. I'm Scott Pechaitis, and I'm a co-leader of Jackson Lewis' Government Contracts and Compliance group. This is the second session of We Get Contracting. I'm joined today by my fellow co-leader, Jeremy Schneider. Today, we're diving into a hot topic: the False Claims Act and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative. If you're a government contractor, you're going to want to stick around for this one because this could impact you in a big way.
First, a little bit about Jeremy, because Jeremy is going to talk us through this today. Jeremy has tremendous experience in this space. Everything from handling whistleblower complaints to doing investigations to looking at potential fraud issues to defending litigation to advising counsel around mitigating risk. Jeremy has really seen it all.
Jeremy, let's start off with some basics here. What is the False Claims Act?
Jeremy Schneider
Principal, Washington, D.C. Region
Thanks, Scott. The False Claims Act is a law that...
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