A Look at the Procurement Integrity Act and Organizational Conflicts of Interest as they pertain to False Claims Act Litigation
Today we will take a look at a couple of the hot-button topics in the world of procurement fraud — specifically the Procurement Integrity Act (“PIA”)(41 U.S.C. § 423) and those portions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”) provisions prohibiting Organizational […]
Update on the Amended California False Claims Act…and a short discussion of the concept of an “alternate remedy” provision in a state false claims act
As a follow-up to my previous posts on the amended California False Claims Act — and especially my commentary on the lack of an “alternate remedy provision” — I received some comments from loyal readers that I wanted to share […]
California Governor Jerry Brown signs the new California False Claims Act into law…but the law still lacks an alternate remedies clause to protect relators
One of the few state-level developments of recent months came in California, where its year-round legislature passed some amendments to the California False Claims Act. This week California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2492 into law, and the changes will […]
The more the merrier — two more Virginia Democrats throw thier hats into the ring in the 2013 Attorney General race
In the last several weeks, two more lawyers joined the race for Attorney General in 2013 on the Democratic side of the ball. The first, Justin Fairfax, currently serves as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
A Recent Washington Post Editorial on Plea Bargains Sheds Light on False Claims Act Settlements …
A recent Washington Post editorial concerning plea bargaining in criminal cases came to my attention recently and I think readers will find it interesting for several reasons. First, many of the arguments in the Post editorial should sound familiar to […]
It must be getting too dangerous to traffick drugs…
Yesterday the United States Department of Justice simultaneously unsealed criminal indictments in five districts, arrested 52 criminals and announced arrest warrants for two dozen more in what was billed as the single largest health care fraud bust in history. It seems […]
Discretion is the better part of valor…and it is also a big part of a qui tam practice
Discretion is the better part of valor…and it is also a big part of a qui tam practice. In the last 18 months, there have a been a number of huge recoveries, including several settlements of more than one billion dollars. As […]