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