Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it recovered more than $5.6 billion under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2021 — an enormous total, second only to 2014 recoveries.

Read the latest post on “Subject to Inquiry” for analysis of the reported 2021 statistics, how they compare to previous years’ numbers and a forecast of some top DOJ enforcement priorities: the opioid epidemic, cybersecurity and pandemic-related fraud.