Brad Robertson

Dec 16, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brad Robertson

On December 6, 2024, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller provided an update on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) corporate criminal enforcement efforts during his keynote address at the Practicing Law Institute’s White Collar Crime 2024 Program.

Sep 12, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Brad Robertson

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its first major complaint-in-intervention under the False Claims Act (FCA) premised on a government contractor’s alleged cybersecurity deficiencies since the DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative was launched in 2021. Its complaint accuses the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) of violating cybersecurity regulations while fulfilling $31 million of federal contracts for, ironically, cybersecurity research.

Aug 13, 2024 | lexology.com | William Athanas |Brad Robertson

Companies who submit healthcare claims to private payors, provide financial services to customers, interact with domestic or foreign public officials, or otherwise operate in highly regulated industries should take note that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken another significant step in its ongoing effort to encourage new whistleblowers with information about potential corporate criminal malfeasance to report that information to the government.

Oct 31, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Giovanni Giarratana |Brad Robertson

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed judgment against relators in a case alleging that a group of dairy farmers growing corn violated the False Claims Act by filing false insurance claims paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. In doing so, it held that a falsity in an insurance application does not constitute a false claim because it is not a claim for payment.