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Heightened False Claims Act Enforcement Risks Highlight the Importance of Compliance
Vinson & Elkins – Despite signs of a retrenchment in some of the traditional areas of white collar enforcement under the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) enforcement of the civil False Claims Act (“FCA”) appears likely to proceed at a steady and aggressive pace amid a renewed focus on waste, fraud, and abuse and a recent jump in the number of new qui tam actions.