Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski | www.suarezlawfirm.com A company can persuade DOJ not to join a False Claims Act suit and still have a lawsuit to defend. The whistleblower who brought the case can continue without the government. Getting DOJ to stay out and...
By Sara Mieczkowski and Eddie Suarez / www.SuarezLawFirm.com DOJ Is Changing How Fraud Cases Begin and Florida Is One of Its First Testing Grounds A federal fraud investigation used to have a fairly familiar starting point. A whistleblower raised a complaint. An...
By Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski / www.suarezlawfirm.com The biggest False Claims Act news of the week was the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Med. Assocs., LLC, No. 24-13581 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026). Plenty has...
By Sara Mieczkowski and Eddie Suarez The Department of Justice has now turned its National Fraud Enforcement Division from an announced initiative into a formal component with nationwide authority. The final rule became effective on August 24, 2026, complete with a...
Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski / www.suarezlawfirm.com People now treat AI chatbots as diary, therapist, and lawyer at once — typing out their plans, their fears, and their worst impulses in full sentences. None of it is privileged. All of it is stored. And...
