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Zafirov Got the Headlines. The Villages Settlement Is the One to Study
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...
FEDERAL WHITE-COLLAR ENFORCEMENT – DOJ’s New Fraud Division Is Now Official
By Sara Mieczkowski and Eddie Suarez The Department of Justice has now turned its National Fraud Enforcement Division from an announced initiative...
ChatGPT, Claude, and the Fourth Amendment: What Chatrie Means for Your Client’s Chat Logs
Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski / www.suarezlawfirm.com People now treat AI chatbots as diary, therapist, and lawyer at once — typing out their...
CNN v. Perplexity: We’ve Read the Complaint, but We Can’t Help Rooting for Perplexity.
Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski / https://suarezlawfirm.com AI copyright litigation is not our usual territory. As a rule, we defend clients in...
When “Substantially Related” Isn’t Enough: The Fifth Circuit Fractures on the FCA’s First-to-File Bar
By Sara Mieczkowski and Eddie Suarez / http://suarezlawfirm.com A federal contractor's go-to defense tool just got harder to use. On March 9, 2026,...
DOJ’s New Department-Wide Enforcement Policy: What Every Company Needs to Know Before the Next Crisis Hits
By Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski / www.suarezlawfirm.com On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice did something it had never done before:...
The Unexamined Premise in Villarreal v. Texas
Why the Supreme Court Built an Elaborate Framework to Solve a Problem the Ethical Rules Already Solve By Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski The...
Relief on the Horizon: How Ellingburg v. United States Could Impact Challenges to Sex Offender Registration
By Eddie Suarez and Sara Mieczkowski / https://suarezlawfirm.com On January 20, 2026, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in...
The Fraud Guideline Gets a Makeover: What the Commission’s Proposed Changes to §2B1.1 Mean for Your Cases
By Sara Mieczkowski and Eddie Suarez / www.suarezlawfirm.com February 2026 ________________________________________ If you've spent any time in...