The False Claims Act (FCA) is an American federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud governmental programs. It is the federal government's primary litigation tool in combating fraud against the government. The law includes a qui tam provision that allows people who are not affiliated with the government,called "relators" under the law,to file actions on behalf of the government. This is informally called "whistleblowing",especially when the relator is employed by the organization accused in the suit. Persons filing actions under the Act stand to receive a portion of any recovered damages.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ),also known as the Justice Department,is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general,who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current attorney general is Merrick Garland,who has served since March 2021.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England,Wales and Northern Ireland. The SFO is accountable to the Attorney General for England and Wales,and was established by the Criminal Justice Act 1987,an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Donald Eugene Siegelman is a former American politician,lawyer and convicted felon who was the 51st governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Democratic Party,as of 2023,Siegelman is the most recent Democrat,as well as the only Catholic,to serve as Governor of Alabama.
Roy Stewart Moore is an American politician,lawyer,and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017,each time being removed from office for judicial misconduct by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary. He was the Republican Party nominee in the 2017 U.S. Senate special election in Alabama to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions,but was accused by several women of sexually assaulting them while they were underage and lost to Democratic candidate Doug Jones. Moore ran unsuccessfully for the same Senate seat in 2020.
The Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys (AGAC),is a committee of the United States Department of Justice.
Robert E. Coughlin,II,is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the Deputy Chief of Staff,Criminal Division,of the United States Department of Justice and was a senior figure in the Jack Abramoff Probe.
Lanny Arthur Breuer is an American criminal defense lawyer who currently serves as vice chair of Covington &Burling LLP. From 2009 to 2013,he served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice under President Barack Obama. From 1997 to 1999,he served as Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd United States attorney general from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,Holder was the first African American to hold the position.
The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the California Attorney General (AG) which carries out complex criminal and civil investigations,prosecutions,and other legal services throughout the US state of California. The department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in other states.
Dale Susan Fischer is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She was nominated by President George W. Bush,and received her commission in 2003.
Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney of New York County,New York,also known as the Manhattan District Attorney. He was previously a principal partner at the law firm of Morvillo,Abramowitz,Grand,Iason,Anello,&Bohrer,P.C. He is the son of Cyrus Vance Sr.,former Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. Vance did not seek reelection as District Attorney in the 2021 election,and was succeeded by Alvin Bragg. He is currently a partner at Baker McKenzie.
Preetinder Singh Bharara is an India-born American lawyer and former federal prosecutor who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. He is currently a partner at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for five years prior to leading the Southern District of New York. According to The New York Times,Bharara was one of the "nation's most aggressive and outspoken prosecutors of public corruption and Wall Street crime" during his tenure as a federal prosecutor.
Barbara Lynn McQuade is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. As part of President Donald Trump's 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys,she stepped down in March 2017. She is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School,the author of "Attack from Within" and a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the 39th and current United States Deputy Attorney General since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Tom Parker is an American lawyer and judge. He is the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court winning election in November 2018. He previously served as an associate justice on the court having been elected to that position in 2004 and re-elected in 2010.
The imprisonment of Roger Shuler was an event in United States jurisprudence in 2013–2014 which attracted some notice both nationally and internationally for its application of prior restraint and of imprisonment for defamation,both unusual under American law. Shuler was held for five months by the State of Alabama.
Blake Percival was the Director of Fieldwork Services,Western Pennsylvania (WPA),for USIS. He became a whistleblower in July 2011,when he filed a qui tam suit saying he was fired from USIS,for not ordering his subordinates to submit cases to the U.S. Government for payment,that had not been completed. He had worked for USIS from January 2001 to June 2011. In his suit he stated he had been fired after he refused to order his employees to continue an elaborate fraud known as dumping.
David J. Hickton is the director and founder of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law,Policy and Security. Prior to that,he was the 57th U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He resigned following the election of President Donald Trump and began his position at Pitt in January 2017. While a U.S. Attorney,Hickton brought several indictments for cybertheft and hacking. Prior to becoming U.S. Attorney,Hickton engaged in the private practice of law,specifically in the areas of transportation,litigation,commercial and white collar crime.
Erin Nealy Cox is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas from 2017 to 2021. She was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2017. After the 2020 election,she resigned effective January 9,2021,and joined Kirkland &Ellis as a partner on June 23,2021.
