2016 was a record-setting year for False Claims Act recoveries. Based on this trend and recent developments such as the Escobar decision, we can expect that the new administration will be spending a lot of money on federal programs and with this increased spending there will be parallel enforcement actions around fraud, waste and abuse.
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