Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 28, 2019
DOJ turns attention to False Claims Act guidance instead of rules
Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox recently highlighted and clarified several recent U.S. Department of Justice policy changes that focus on "rulemaking by guidance."
Matthew Zandi
Senior Managing Director
Guidepost Solutions
Pepperdine Univ SOL
Matthew is a former Orange County deputy district attorney, senior trial lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice, assistant U.S attorney, and counsel at Nixon Peabody, he has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors with more than 40 trials in state, federal and international courts. Mr. Zandi is nationally recognized as one of the leading experts in Qui Tam, fraud and various state and federal whistleblower statutes.
On the heels of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox delivered a significant keynote address at a False Claims Act conference. Cox highlighted and clarified several recent U.S. Department of Justice policy changes that focus on "rulemaking by guidance." To issue regulations, an agency with statutory authority to do so must follow a cumbersome and lengthy rulemaking process. Cox promulgated the more commonsense ...
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