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Government Program Fraud, False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation

Investigations and litigation involving alleged fraud against the government pose a significant and growing threat to organizations and individuals across all industries that engage directly or indirectly in business with federal, state, and/or local governments. The government makes aggressive use of its extensive criminal and civil investigatory powers to root out alleged fraud and abuse implicating government funds, including one of its most powerful civil enforcement tools—the federal False Claims Act (FCA)—and similar state false claims statutes....Read more

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Environmental Litigation & Enforcement

With today’s rapidly evolving rules of engagement, paired with the often contentious nature of environmental disputes, clients rely on Winston for our practical experience and substantive knowledge of the broad-ranging issues involved in environmental litigation, enforcement, and investigations....Read more

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June 16, 2025

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DOJ’s June 9, 2025 FCPA Guidelines: A Recalibration of U.S. Anti-Corruption Enforcement

The long-anticipated guidance released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 9, 2025 (the Guidelines) reorients Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement, shifting the DOJ’s focus to more centrally controlled, national-interest-driven anti-corruption misconduct. Below is an overview of the background and salient shifts driven by the Guidelines.

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June 12, 2025

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Reforming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: An Overview of President Trump’s May 23 Executive Order

On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission” (EO) aimed at accelerating and expanding the nuclear energy industry in the United States. The EO directs a comprehensive structural reorganization of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and an overhaul of its regulatory framework related to the licensing and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors....Read more

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June 12, 2025

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Safeguarding Public Health Grants: How States Fought Against Abrupt Federal Funding Cuts

On May 16, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[1] As a result, HHS must continue to provide access to healthcare-related funding to the 23 plaintiff States and the District of Columbia (the States) after attempting to unilaterally terminate access to those funds, and it may not “tak[e] any action to reinstitute” the terminations “for the same or similar reasons.”[2]...Read more
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What Is The Jones Act?

The Jones Act, as used in the world of shipping is a law that reserves the transportation of goods between two points in the United States to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. This coastwise reservation law is named after its chief sponsor, Senator Wesley L. Jones. Similar laws apply to the transportation of passengers and reserve towing, dredging, and fishing in U.S. waters to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. Such vessels must be U.S. citizen-owned, U.S. citizen-crewed, U.S.-registered, and U.S.-built. Another law, also called the “Jones Act,” relates to merchant mariner injury recoveries....Read more

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The Corporate Transparency Act
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What Is the Securities Act of 1933?

The Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act”) was passed to ensure that investors have financial and other important information about securities that are being sold publicly. It also bans the use of fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation in the sales of securities. The Securities Act, which is also referred to as the “truth in securities” law, is part of a legislative effort to govern and oversee the securities industry....Read more
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