The False Claims Act Confronts DEI

May 6, 2026 For more than 160 years, the False Claims Act (FCA) has been the federal government’s primary tool to combat fraud. In 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $6.8 billion in recoveries driven largely by health care fraud cases. Now, the Trump administration is using the FCA to target what it

Getting into the Weed(s): Representing Marijuana Businesses in Tax Matters

Sonya Bishop (LAW ’18) of Baker & McKenzie co-authored an article with Ethan Kroll, Stewart Lipeles, and Julia Skubis Weber discussing the need for change in federal money laundering laws criminalizing tax practitioners from representing marijuana enterprises that operate legally under state law.

Fundamental Procedural Fairness: The Sine Qua Non for the Enforcement of Third-Party Releases Authorized in a Foreign Proceeding

Matthew E. Kaslow (LAW ’15) of Blank Rome LLP co-authored an article discussing the hot-button issue of third-party releases in U.S. bankruptcy cases, in the context of chapter 15 cases involving foreign restructuring.