At the end of May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative to “utilize the ...

The Trump administration took aim earlier this year at diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private sector. And last week, it took another step towards creating a way to crack down on ...

From time to time, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has established initiatives, task forces, or strike teams to advance its ...

This initiative will leverage the False Claims Act to investigate and prosecute organizations, including colleges and universities, that knowingly infringe upon federal civil rights laws. The ...

The Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, announced Monday, plans to vigorously enforce the “False Claims Act against those who defraud the United States by taking its money while knowingly violating civil ...

DOJ said the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative will use the False Claim Acts, a law which previously has rarely been used against universities, to investigate if schools knowingly violated civil ...

The Justice Department is getting creative in its effort to prevent discrimination. On May 19 it announced the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will use the False Claims Act, which encourages ...

The creation of the "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative" marks the latest escalation by the administration of President Donald Trump against colleges and universities that it has claimed are pushing ...

Traditionally, the False Claims Act is used to combat fraud, such as the misuse of federal ... Penalties for violating the False Claims Act include both civil penalties and potential for damages ...