Compliance & Enforcement Brief
DOJ Uses Successor Liability as a Civil Cybersecurity Enforcement Tool: Comprehensive Diligence Now May Save Millions Later
Quarles – The United States Department of Justice recently settled a qui tam suit with a defense contractor and its successor company for $8.4 million, resolving allegations that the contractor and successor company violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to implement cybersecurity requirements consistent with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171.
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