Publications by Matthew M. Schappa

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DEI Scrutiny Update: DOJ Issues Guidance on Anti-Discrimination Obligations for Federal Funding Recipients 

[08/08/25]

"As Executive Branch Scrutiny of DEI Programs Intensifies, Companies Must Assess All Aspects of Their Policies and Business Practices to Ensure Compliance with Civil Rights Laws." Journal of Health Care Compliance/Wolters Kluwer, July-August 2025.

[07/22/2025]

As Executive Branch Scrutiny of DEI Programs Intensifies, Companies Must Assess All Aspects of Their Policies and Business Practices to Ensure Compliance with Civil Rights Laws

[06/05/25]

Understanding the Fourth Circuit’s Ruling on the First-to-File Rule in FCA Cases

[03/12/25]

Preliminary Injunction Issued Against the Corporate Transparency Act

[12/05/24]

Indiana: Expedited Commitment Appeals Pilot to Begin September 1

[07/19/24]

Revised Emergency Detention Procedures Begin in Indiana on July 1, 2024

[06/27/24]

Government Delay Reduces False Claims Act Verdict – How Can This Protect Your Practice?

[08/24/23]

Law & Medicine: The Exercise of Discretion

[05/05/23]

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health: What It Does and What Health Care Providers Should Do Next

[06/27/22]

What You Should Know About Health Systems and the Attorney-Client Privilege

[03/21/22]

DOJ Recouped $5.6 Billion Under FCA in 2021

[02/04/22]

Seventh Circuit Clarifies the “Knowingly” Standard for False Claims Act Liability

[08/19/21]

Money in the Bank – Monetization of the FCA

[08/13/21]

Whistleblowers Could Face Fees for Poorly Pleaded FCA Actions

[02/11/21]

DOJ Recouped $2.2B Under FCA in 2020, Plus $3.6B in Still-Pending Settlements

[01/15/21]

New FCA Decision Instructs the Government and Whistleblowers to Play Nice, Follow the Rules and Gives Government Discretion for Dismissal

[09/01/20]

Litigation in Health Care M&A: Three Key Considerations to Mitigate Risk

[08/25/20]

False Claims Cost More: DOJ Increases Civil Penalties for False Claims Act Violations

[07/01/20]

One Is Not Enough: Court Clarifies Whistleblower’s Burden in High Volume FCA Action

[03/25/20]

Indiana Supreme Court Erases Courts’ Ability to Add Reasonable Terms to Agreements

[12/05/19]

Greed and Creative Pleading: A Formula for Dismissal Under the FCA

[07/11/19]

Civil Investigative Demands: Broad, Unfair and Legal

[05/10/19]

Critical Considerations of Implied Certification Under the FCA

[04/04/19]

Supreme Court Finds Circuit Split “Wholly Groundless”

[01/09/19]

Whistleblower’s Dismissal with Prejudice Not the End of the Road for Qui Tam Action

[10/30/18]

Not So Fast! District Court Holds Qui Tam Relators Cannot Reach into the Government’s Pockets in Criminal Forfeiture Proceedings

[10/19/18]

A Timely Split – Eleventh Circuit Strays from Common Application of the False Claims Act’s Statute of Limitations

[04/17/18]

Government Traps, Zaps and Zingers

[01/15/18]

Fifth Circuit Addresses Pre-Suit Disclosure and Causation Requirements for FCA Theories of Liability

[10/17/17]

Second Circuit Falls in Line for FCA Pleading Requirements

[10/09/17]

Tenth Circuit Questions Its Previous Decision Defining “Intervene” in Light of Supreme Court Decision and Further Qualifies Public Disclosure Bar

[09/21/17]