Fools–or in this case, the Government Accountability Project, OMB Watch, and the ACLU–Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread
A lawsuit currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia seeks to have most the Federal False Claims Act declared unconstitutional. The
An Important and Groundbreaking New Fourth Circuit Opinion is Issued today in United States ex rel DRC v. Custer Battles, LLC, et al.
Today, the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion in the highly-publicized case U.S. ex rel. DRC, Inc., et al. v. Custer Battles, LLC, et al. The opinion is noteworthy for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it […]
Congressional Testimony in Support of the False Claims Correction Act of 2009
In the past two months, two House bills and two Senate bills have been introduced in an effort to strengthen the Federal False Claims Act. These bills respectively are: S. 386, “Fraud Enforcement and recovery Act of 2009,” (Feb. 5, […]
A New Defense for Fraudfeasors Emerges from the Maryland Legislature: “Your Honor, I was just trying to create jobs.”
As readers of this blog know, I have pushed heavily for a Maryland False Claims Act for the last two years. Both years, after much debate, a Maryland state FCA failed by a single vote in the state Senate. This year, […]
Special Report on last week’s “IRS Whistleblower Bootcamp”
I attended the first seminar on the new IRS Whistleblower statute last week, and found it very interesting indeed. The seminar was organized by Taxpayers Against Fraud, and featured presentations from the top officials from the newly-created IRS Whistleblower Office, along with top […]
William C. “Bill” Mims Formally Becomes Virginia’s 45th Attorney General
As anticipated, today Virginia’s General Assembly elected former Chief Deputy Attorney General William C. Mims as Virginia’s 45th Attorney General. You can read the official OAG press release here. This followed in the wake of former Attorney General Bob […]
News from the Race for Virginia Attorney General
Last night the three Republican candidates for Attorney General met in Roanoke for the second debate of this primary season. I followed the live blog feed, and even from the vantage point of someone reading the debates as blogged by someone else, […]
Breaking News: Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell resigns to focus on his gubernatorial race
Attorney General Bob McDonnell announced his resignation this morning in an email to OAG staffers. No big surprise there–for the last thirty years, no Virginia Attorney General has served more than three years in office. Julian Walker at the PilotOnline […]
How The Mighty Have Fallen: Restrictions Are Upheld for Executives in Purdue Pharma OxyContin Case
An administrative law judge has upheld a decision barring three former Purdue Pharma executives from participating in federal health care programs for 15 years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced last Friday, according to the New York Times. The three […]
The Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Finally Makes the Front Page of Virginia Lawyers Weekly
At long last, the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act has finally made the pages of Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Special thanks for Peter Vieth for this excellent article, and to all of the others who worked on the Siddiqui case, especially Special Assistant […]