Focus on Fraud: Insights from FY2025 and Planning Ahead for FY2026

March 10, 2026

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Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unveils the highlights of its federal civil fraud activity from the previous 12 months. The fiscal year 2025 report—including total recoveries and whistleblower activity under the False Claims Act—is insightful as the statistics document enforcement priorities and key areas of focus under the first year of the Trump Administration. For fiscal year 2025, FCA settlements and judgments exceeded $6.8 billion in recoveries, a huge total that serves as a significant increase from the $2.9 billion reported in fiscal year 2024.

Recipients of federal funding should pay careful attention to the DOJ’s enforcement priorities as outlined in the annual report, as it is vital to recognize such points of emphasis to assist in devising compliance strategies for future years.

This webinar will offer an overview of DOJ’s fiscal year 2025 activity and enforcement strategies—and include a discussion of what federal grantees can expect from the Trump Administration’s DOJ in fiscal year 2026. How do the skyrocketing increases in judgments and settlements—and whistleblower activity—from fiscal year 2025 pave the way for expected future priorities? The webinar will stress steps that recipients of federal funding can take now to effectively mitigate risk, especially in an era where the DOJ has announced it plans to use the False Claims Act as a powerful tool to enforce programmatic compliance with the Administration’s priorities in areas such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), gender-affirming care, and climate change.

If you are concerned about the government’s plans to actively investigate and seek recoveries for false claims and fraudulent activity, you will want to tune in to this webinar.

The on-demand version of this webinar will be available for purchase after the conclusion of the live webinar.

Target Audience

  • CEOs/Directors
  • General Counsel/Legal Staff
  • CFO/Controller/Fiscal Staff
  • Compliance Officers

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, you will be able to:

  1. Connect federal enforcement agencies’ fiscal year 2025 recoveries, settlements, judgments, and enforcement priorities to your own use of federal funds, to better mitigate potential compliance risk areas;
  2. Understand the DOJ’s stated priorities for fiscal year 2026 and associated False Claims Act risk;
  3. Determine practical steps your federally-funded organization can take to be best positioned to understand the Department of Justice’s enforcement objectives and to avoid becoming the subject of a potential investigation or enforcement action.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.20 CPE
Course opens: 
01/26/2026
Course expires: 
04/11/2026
Event starts: 
03/10/2026 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
03/10/2026 - 2:00pm EDT
Cost:
$185.00
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Mindy B. Pava

Mindy serves as a Partner in the firm’s Litigation & Government Investigations, Federal Grants, Health Care and Education practice groups, where she focuses her practice on advising federal grantees (including research institutions and health centers) as they navigate all facets of administrative and judicial review. A seasoned litigator, Mindy has ample experience guiding clients through complex litigation matters in federal and state courts and advises clients on how to best mitigate risk when encountering a government investigation or regulatory review. [Full Bio]

Participants can earn up to 1.20 CPE credits in Specialized Knowledge and Applications upon completion of all course requirements.

Attendee Requirements for CPE Credit

If you purchase CPE credit for this webinar you must satisfy the following conditions in order to receive your certificate:

  1. Answer at least 3 of the polling questions during the webinar
  2. Complete the evaluation survey after the conclusion of the webinar or in the follow-up email

Upon completion of these requirements, we will email you your CPE Certificate within two (2) weeks.

Additional Information

  • Prerequisites: None 
  • Target Audience: CEOs/Directors, General Counsel/Legal Staff, CFO/Controller/Fiscal Staff, Compliance Officer
  • Advanced Preparation: None  
  • Program Level: All
  • Delivery Method: Group Internet Based

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.20 CPE

Price

Cost:
$185.00
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