Legal proceedings means any criminal proceeding or any civil judicial proceeding, including a proceeding under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. 3801-381 2), to which the Federal Government or a State or local government or quasi-governmental authority is a party. The term also includes appeals from those proceedings.
Code of Federal Regulations
(Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235);
20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474
; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327)