Government,
Corporate,
Civil Litigation,
Administrative/Regulatory
Feb. 20, 2020
The Granston memo: two years later
It is safe to say that the current presidential administration has not grown any fonder of or kinder to whistleblowers.
Brian J. Hennigan
Managing Partner
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Email: bhennigan@hueston.com
Brian is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. For the past 20 years, he has specialized in complex litigation with an emphasis on white collar criminal defense. Over that time period, he has successfully represented individuals and corporations facing a wide array of challenges presented by federal prosecutors and investigating agencies.
Padraic W. Foran
Counsel
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Phone: (503) 830-0169
Email: pforan@hueston.com
Padraic represents clients facing high-stakes litigation, with an emphasis on complex contractual disputes, trade secrets and intellectual property, consumer protection, fraud, and RICO claims.
In January 2018, we wrote an article in the Daily Journal about a recently released internal Department of Justice memo. The memo -- referred to as the Granston memo for its author Michael Granston, the Director of the DOJ Civil Fraud Section -- encouraged government attorneys to be more aggressive in dismissing False Claims Act cases that do not serve government interests.
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