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Published on February 15, 2022 • Cyber

Defense Contractor Denied FCA Summary Judgment in First Test of DOJ’s New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

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On February 1, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled that a False Claims Act case against defense contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings and Aerojet Rockdyne Inc. could go forward on triable issues of fact as to whether noncompliance with government cybersecurity requirements are material to the government’s decisions to approve contracts. The federal court denied Aerojet’s motion for summary judgment and issued the first major ruling in an FCA case testing the Department of Justice’s new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings: Defense Contractor Denied FCA Summary Judgment in First Test of DOJ’s New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

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