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Katherine McGrath is special counsel in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's San Diego (Downtown) office. 

On July 2, 2025, the Departments of Justice and Health & Human Services announced a joint working group aimed at “strengthening their ongoing collaboration to advance priority enforcement areas” under the False Claims Act (FCA) – described in the announcement as “one of the government’s most effective and successful tools” for fighting fraud. In Fiscal Year 2024, the Department of Justice recovered more than $2.9 billion through settlements and judgments under the FCA, with $1.6 billion (57%) coming from healthcare-related matters.Continue Reading DOJ and HHS Announce Joint False Claims Act Working Group and Enforcement Priorities

At the end of May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative to “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws.” In connection with the Initiative, we will see DOJ’s False Claims Act practitioners in the Civil Division and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices pairing with DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to “identify and root out instances in which recipients of federal funds fail to uphold their basic obligations under federal civil rights laws.”Continue Reading DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Will Use the False Claims Act to Target Antisemitism and DEI Programs