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DEI Cases Receiving 'Expedited Priority Treatment' At DOJ
Jenny's remarks underscore DOJ's continuing focus on its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, an effort it announced in May 2025 to use the FCA, with its treble damages and penalties, to investigate federal funds recipients' DEI practices as violations of civil rights laws. DOJ previously announced this was a priority of the Civil Division.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP