United States’ Complaint-in-Intervention Highlights Continuing Effort to Use the False Claims Act to Pursue Alleged Cybersecurity Violations

Epstein, Becker & Green – In August, the United States filed a Complaint-in-Intervention in a False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower suit alleging that the Georgia Institute of Technology and an affiliate, Georgia Tech Research Corp., violated cybersecurity requirements in connection with Department of Defense contracts.