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Lionel André is the advocate companies and executives turn to when the SEC, DOJ, CFTC, or another enforcement agency launches an investigation, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With more than three decades inside the federal government—including senior leadership roles at both the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Securities and Exchange Commission—Lionel brings an insider’s understanding of how prosecutors and investigators think, negotiate, and decide cases. He knows their strategies because he spent years shaping them.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the FOCUS Initiative to enhance its relationships with data miners who use data analytics to detect fraud in publicly available data. This initiative aims to prioritize collaboration with reliable data miners and direct resources to cases with a high probability of recovery. Companies exposed to potential FCA claims should proactively scrutinize their data and consider leveraging AI models to assess risks and build defensive narratives.

On April 10, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved False Claims Act (FCA) claims arising out of a federal contractor’s implementation of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program.

On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a DOJ-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) applicable to all criminal matters, except antitrust. The policy is intended to ‘promot[e] uniformity, predictability, and fairness in how [the federal government] pursues white-collar cases.’

On February 26, 2026, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued a precedential opinion in Garofalo v. Di Vincenzo, affirming a $2 million FINRA arbitration award in favor of SECIL Law PLLC client Jayne Di Vincenzo CFP®, ChFC®, CEP®, AIF®.

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The DOJ recently announced that in FY25 it collected more than $6.8 billion in FCA settlements and judgments, raising the government’s civil FCA recoveries since enactment to $85 billion. Of the $6.8 billion collected in FY25, $5.3 billion came through qui tam suits. Some companies mitigated their FCA exposure by making qualifying self-disclosures to the government. (See full DOJ press release and fact sheet.)

SECIL Law PLLC continues its strategic growth with the addition of David E. Carney as Partner and B. Jonathan Haskin as Associate, strengthening the firm’s core focus on white-collar defense, government investigations, and complex regulatory matters.