CMPL stands for Civil Monetary Penalties Law. In general CMPL are as result of mistakes made wither directly or indirectly against the law. As a consequence monetary compensation is required to be free of the act committed and/or partially makes one free of the debt they legally owe. Itis set by law makers how much a given act done wrongly costs. This is what I understand it to be. One example of something done wrong.
(a) Improperly filed claims
– If the claims certain devices ,drugs etc are not doing what the inventors, investigators etc say it will then they will be penalized by a monetary penalty.