January 31, 2025
Arthur Fritzinger (LAW ’10), James Mahady (LAW ’24), and Calli Jo Padilla discuss the now-frequent use of AI in different industries and how companies under government contracts should consider the risks associated with AI as these programs start to come under scrutiny.
Second in a series of four primers on the key legal regimes incentivizing and protecting whistleblowers who report fraud: the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower programs.
This article is the first in a series of four primers on the key legal regimes incentivizing and protecting whistleblowers who report fraud: the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower programs.
Sue Maslow discusses supply chain investigations and enhanced compliance procedures to combat forced labor.
Lauren E. O’Donnell (LAW ’09) discusses the importance of carefully handling whistleblower allegations.
The implied false certification theory of liability under the False Claims Act (FCA) is premised on the notion that a person who does business with the federal government, by the very act of submitting a claim for payment, has impliedly certified compliance with the often numerous statutes, regulations, and contract terms that govern the contractual