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Cormac Connor

A former AUSA with substantial experience in private practice, Cormac defends individual and corporations facing criminal and civil investigations. Cormac is a trial lawyer with two decades of experience with high-stakes litigation and investigations, both as a prosecutor and as defense counsel. He has advised dozens of clients facing criminal and civil investigations involving all manner of federal criminal investigations, False Claims Act allegations, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act claims.

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On January 28, 2026, Brenna Jenny, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, delivered comments to False Claims Act (“FCA”) practitioners about DOJ’s FCA statistics for the previous year and some of her office’s priorities for the years ahead. Jenny leads the DOJ attorneys that handle FCA investigations nationwide. Delivered at an American Conference Institute meeting in New York, Jenny touted DOJ’s record-breaking total of settlements and judgments exceeding $6.8 billion last year and confirmed there is more to come.

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently released its 2025 statistics for federal False Claims Act cases. With settlements and judgments exceeding $6.8 billion last year, DOJ’s report shows that the False Claims Act (“FCA”) remains one of DOJ’s most potent and frequently-used investigation tools. The annual report also suggests that, after a year of change and turnover that touched virtually every corner and level at DOJ, the coming year will most certainly feature a historically high volume of FCA cases. Recipients of federal funds in the healthcare industry, federal contractors, and grant recipients should pay careful attention to every claim for payment or compliance certification submitted to any federal authority.

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (CRFI), launched in May 2025, marks a significant expansion of federal scrutiny over DEI programs among recipients of federal funds. The initiative leverages the False Claims Act and encourages whistleblowers to report potential civil rights violations tied to DEI practices. Early investigations have targeted major corporations and universities, with…

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In August 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to prosecute an insurance company for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), marking the first action of its kind since the DOJ paused FCPA prosecutions earlier this year. DOJ’s decision came in response to the company’s voluntary self-disclosure. Importantly, this decision allows the company to avoid criminal charges in connection with bribes allegedly paid by employees of its foreign subsidiary for customer referrals for products. As part of the resolution with DOJ, the company will disgorge approximately $4.7 million in profits that are tied to the misconduct.

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On August 29, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a new Trade Fraud Task Force, which will leverage resources from DOJ’s Civil and Criminal Divisions as well as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enforce tariff and duties evasion, smuggling, and other import violations. The initiative furthers the Trump Administration’s “America First Trade Policy” announced on Inauguration Day and in Executive Order 14243, which promotes information-sharing between agencies to support the administration’s overall goals of combating waste, fraud, and abuse.

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A recent Sixth Circuit decision[1] provided clarity on the scope of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrines, particularly as those rules relate to confidentiality and privacy of corporate records reviewed and analyzed as part of internal investigations. The decision is considered a victory for both the legal and the business worlds because it secured the longstanding and fundamental function of legal privileges that encourage complete and transparent sharing between attorneys and their corporate clients.