On May 19, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the U.S. Department of Justice was establishing “the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws." Notably, the announcement "strongly encourages anyone with knowledge of discrimination by federal funding recipients to consider filing a qui tam action under the False Claims Act." This development further highlights the need for colleges and universities to seek the advice of counsel and take expeditious steps to comply with federal civil rights laws and assess areas of risk for False Claims Act litigation.
Please join us for this 45-minute audio-only briefing in which NACUA experts Hailyn Chen, Partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, and Michael Vernick, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP will:
Who Should Attend?
This briefing will be of interest to all in-house and outside college and university counsel.
Note: This program is part of NACUA’s “Executive Branch Updates” series, which follows the Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series.