DOJ’s New FOCUS Initiative Solicits More Qui Tam Filings by Sophisticated “Data Miners” Who Mine Publicly Available Data— What It Means for False Claims Act Practice

Overview - On April 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ,” or the “Department”) Civil Division announced the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (“FOCUS”) initiative to improve the quality of referrals from data miners and to strengthen DOJ’s working relationship with whistleblowers who use public data analytics to bring False Claims Act (“FCA”) qui tam complaints.... By: Saul Ewing LLP