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Qui Tam Actions
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DOJ Revises Justice Manual to Streamline False Claims Act Enforcement and Clarify Limits on Use of Agency Guidance
By Michael J. Podberesky, Edwin O. Childs, Brett Barnett, David Pivnick, John Adams, Michael F. Easley, Jr., Ryan Buchanan, Eric Olshan, Daniel Bubar, Michael Scoville, John S. Moran, Jack White, Elissa Baur
On September 18, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) announced two significant revisions to the Justice Manual that aim to reshape False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement. The…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Jersey High Court Holds State False Claims Act Amendment Applies Retroactively
By By: Leslie A. Lajewski, Steven J. Luckner, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the 2023 Opposition Amendment, which permitted the state attorney general to more easily effectuate NJFCA lawsuits based on public disclosures, applied…
Original Source
DOJ Releases FOCUS Questionnaire to Assist in Evaluating Qui Tams Filed by Data Miners
By Kristin Graham Koehler, Jaime L.M. Jones, Matt Bergs, Joseph R. LoCascio, Anna M. Schmitt
As we previously reported here, the Department of Justice has launched its Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (“FOCUS”) initiative. The initiative gives data miners an opportunity to meet…
Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations Report
DOJ’s New FOCUS Initiative Addresses Rising Number of FCA Qui Tam Cases Filed by Data Miners
By Jonathan Porter, Sydney Sznajder
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently provided important information about how it plans to handle the surge in data-driven False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam lawsuits. On April 30, 2026,…
FCA Now
Is There FCA Risk in Your Public Data? DOJ Launches the “FOCUS” Initiative, Formalizing Engagement with Data Miner Relators
By Chris DeLong, Alex Hontos, Eric Weisenburger, Surya Saxena, Matthew Gillespie
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (the “Department”) Civil Division recently announced a new anti-fraud initiative dubbed the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (FOCUS) initiative. FOCUS is designed to formalize the…
Eye on Enforcement
The Third Circuit Joins the FCA Constitutionality Debate
By Giovanni Giarratana, Lexie Alexander
The Third Circuit recently heard oral argument on the ongoing question regarding the constitutionality of the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act (FCA). The issue arose in United…
The D&O Diary
A Writ Challenging Qui Tam and D&O Implications
By Sarah Abrams
As readers of this blog know, enforcement activity under the False Claims Act (FCA) has continued to expand, particularly in light of the Trump Administration’s recent efforts to prioritize fraud…
Original Source
Fourth Circuit Highlights Tougher Path to Dismissal of FCA Cases Post-SuperValu
By Jaime L.M. Jones, Scott D. Stein, Matt Bergs, Anna M. Schmitt
A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a qui tam FCA suit alleging that the defendant pharmaceutical company underpaid Medicaid rebates by misreporting “best price” under…
Original Source
Fifth Circuit Panel Produces Three Opinions Wrestling with Application of First to File Bar
By Kenneth G. Coffin, Jaime L.M. Jones
On March 9, 2026, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit revived a long-running qui tam suit against Lockheed Martin and reversed a district court’s dismissal of the relator’s complaint…
Legal History Blog
Beck on Ending Qui Tam in England
By Dan Ernst
Randy Beck, University of Georgia School of Law, has posted The False Claims Act and the English Eradication of Qui Tam Legislation:Congress amended the False Claims Act in 1986 to…