Senior DOJ Attorneys Speak About FCA Enforcement Priorities, Dismissal, and Cooperation

Senior DOJ Attorneys Speak About FCA Enforcement Priorities, Dismissal, and Cooperation

March 3, 2020, Covington Advisory

On February 27 and 28, 2020, Joseph H. (Jody) Hunt, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Civil Division, and Michael Granston, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commercial Litigation Branch, spoke about False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement at the Federal Bar Association’s annual Qui Tam Conference in Washington, D.C. They highlighted FCA enforcement priorities for 2020, and offered insights on the Department’s dismissal policy and cooperation policy – two topics that Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox also addressed in remarks earlier this year.