Tuesday, November 9 | Noon – 1:30pm ET
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Meeting ID 179 210 5800
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Jointly sponsored by the ABA Public Contract Law Section Procurement Fraud and False Claims Committee and Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Committee.
This panel will present views from Department of Justice lawyers on the front lines of implementing the new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative; a representative from the OIG community working on the initiative; a member of the relator’s bar; and the former DOJ senior official dedicated to cyber issues. In December, there will be a panel discussion providing perspectives on the initiative from in-house and outside defense counsel.
Moderator
Susan Cassidy, Partner, Covington & Burling
Panel
Sara McLean, Assistant Director, DOJ, Civil Division (Fraud Section)
Greg Pearson, Trial Attorney, DOJ, Civil Division (Fraud Section)
Sujit Raman, Partner, Sidley Austin, former DOJ Associate Deputy Attorney General
Michael Ronickher, Partner, Constantine Cannon
Travis J. Farris, Special Counsel for Administrative Remedies, Administrative Remedies Division, Department of Energy OIG
Topics to be covered by the panel will include:
• Introduction to the DOJ Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative
• Initiative in Context of Government-Wide Effort to Improve Cybersecurity Practices
• Cybersecurity and False Claims Act Risks
• Potential Areas of Enforcement
• Examples of False Claims Act Violations in the Cybersecurity Area
• Role of the Inspector General Offices
• Role of Qui Tam Relators