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DOJ Announces Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Department Will Seek To Use The False Claims Act To Enforce Civil Rights Laws Against Universities And Government Contractors

by Debo P. Adegbile, Christopher Babbitt, Brian Boynton, Lisa Brown, Kevin Lamb, and Brenda E. Lee

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Top left to right: Debo P. Adegibile, Christopher Babbitt, Brian Boynton, Lisa Brown, Kevin Lamb, Brenda E. Lee (photos courtesy of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative within the Department of Justice 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.” 

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Executive Order Seeks to Impose False Claims Act Liability for Federal Contractors’ DEI Programs

by David W. Ogden, Christopher E. Babbitt, Matthew D. Benedetto, Davina Pujari, Karin Dryhurst, Kevin Lamb and Carrie M. Montgomery

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Top left to right: David W. Ogden, Christopher E. Babbitt, Matthew D. Benedetto, Davina Pujari. Bottom left to right: Karin Dryhurst, Kevin Lamb, Carrie M. Montgomery. (Photos courtesy of authors)

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order), which seeks to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs across the the federal government and within private industries that do business with the federal government.[1] Part of a broader suite of DEI-related executive actions,[2] the Order reverses federal contracting requirements—dating back nearly 60 years—that obligated federal contractors and subcontractors to implement affirmative action programs, and it imposes new requirements targeted at organizations with DEI programs.[3] This alert summarizes the Order’s application to federal contractors and grant recipients, including its potentially significant implications under the False Claims Act (FCA).

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Lessons from Hospital Criminal Prosecution for Larger Health Systems and Provider Groups

by Ericka Aiken, Kevin Lamb, and Audrey Sapirstein

From Left to Right: Ericka Aiken, Kevin Lamb, and Audrey Sapirstein. (Photos courtesy of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)

Introduction

On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal grand jury indicted the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Virginia for conspiracy to defraud the United States and health care fraud. In this rare move, DOJ seeks to hold a hospital criminally responsible for alleged fraudulent conduct committed by a physician at the hospital. The indictment alleges that from 2010 to 2019, CRMC and a former obstetrician-gynecologist with surgical privileges at CRMC conspired to defraud the government by performing medically unnecessary operations, submitting inaccurate and false bills, and failing to comply with applicable rules and regulations. According to the indictment, CRMC received approximately $18.5 million in reimbursements from health care benefit programs over that time for procedures performed by the former physician at the hospital.

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