The False Claims Act of 1863 (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 U.S. government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice. 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. Merrick Garland has served as attorney general since March 2021.
Donald Eugene Siegelman is an American politician who was the 51st governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. As of 2024,Siegelman is the last Democrat as well as the only Catholic to serve as Governor of Alabama.
An assistant United States attorney (AUSA) is an official career civil service position in the U.S. Department of Justice composed of lawyers working under the U.S. attorney of each U.S. federal judicial district. They represent the federal government of the United States in civil and appellate litigation and in federal criminal prosecutions. Assistant U.S. attorneys working in their office's criminal section are often called federal prosecutors.
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 for the same Senate seat again in 2020 and lost the Republican primary.
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 Attorney General of California (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 bureaus of investigation in other states.
Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney of New York County,New York. 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,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.
Vanita Gupta is an American attorney who served as United States Associate Attorney General from April 22,2021,to February 2,2024. From 2014 to 2017,Gupta served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama.
Preetinder Singh Bharara is an Indian-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.
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. She also cohosts the podcast "Sisters in Law."
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney who has served as the thirty-ninth United States deputy attorney general since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Derek Anthony West is an American attorney,former government official,and the Senior Vice President and chief legal officer of Uber. Before Uber,West was Associate Attorney General of the United States and general counsel of PepsiCo. West previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division,the largest litigating division in the Department of Justice.
Tom Parker is an American lawyer serving as the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court since 2019. 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.
