False Claims Act: State of the Union
As FY 2019 closed in September 2019, so too did a decade of aggressive False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement yielding $38 billion in total government recoveries. This article summarizes major developments from 2019, highlighting the continued need for government contractors to remain vigilant and maintain strong compliance programs if they want to reduce the risk that they will fall prey to the FCA’s dual hammers of treble damages and statutory penalties.
