{"id":528,"date":"2026-04-21T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/?p=528"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:28:01","slug":"doj-first-dei-related-fca-case-is-settled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/2026\/04\/21\/doj-first-dei-related-fca-case-is-settled\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ: First DEI-Related FCA Case Is Settled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/danielrwalworth.html\">Daniel Walworth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its first False Claims Act settlement arising from allegations that an organization\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion programs constituted illegal discrimination. The $17 million settlement, announced by DOJ\u2019s Civil Division, resolved allegations of unlawful DEI practices in connection with federal funding. All recipients of federal funds should take note of this shift from policy pronouncements to tangible, concrete enforcement action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/doj_first_dei_related_false_claims_act_settlement_0426.html\">Read the full&nbsp;<em>Alert<\/em>&nbsp;on the Duane Morris LLP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Walworth On April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its first False Claims Act settlement arising from allegations that an organization\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion programs constituted illegal discrimination. The $17 million settlement, announced by DOJ\u2019s Civil Division, resolved allegations of unlawful DEI practices in connection with federal funding. All recipients &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/2026\/04\/21\/doj-first-dei-related-fca-case-is-settled\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DOJ: First DEI-Related FCA Case Is Settled&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[521],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"authors":[{"term_id":521,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}