Building a Precedent — First Recovery for a Local Government Employee under the Anti-Retaliation Provisions of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act
K&G Law Group is pleased to announce the first ever recovery for a state and local government employee under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act’s anti-retaliation provisions. The story was picked up by Virginia […]
All Federal Court Practitioners Should be Aware of Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Today’s post looks at some proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. Actually, I do not think these proposals are actually proposals just […]
A Happy Belated Birthday for the federal False Claims Act!
I had a five-day jury trial last week (i.e., March 4-8) so I apologize for missing the 150th birthday of the federal false claims act on March 2, 2013. I received the […]
Updates from Annapolis — House of Delegates Committee Hears Testimony on the Maryland False Claims Act of 2013
On Wednesday of this week I went to Annapolis to testify in support of Maryland House of Delegates Bill HB509, the Maryland False Claims Act of 2013. I was joined by a […]
Overview of state methods for using the money recovered from state false claims act prosecutions
As regular readers are well aware, recoveries under the federal False Claims Act have, for the last four years, been record-breaking. In FY 2012, nearly $5 billion (to be exact, it was $4.959 billion) was recovered in settlements and judgments […]
The Taxonomy of Qui Tam Cases in Government Procurement
Government procurement fraud cases usually fall into one of several categories, and today’s post takes a look at this taxonomy. (As regular readers know, of course, when we use the word “government” in this blog, we generally mean federal, state […]
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE RACE FOR VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: JOHN FREY WITHDRAWS FROM THE RACE
Breaking news today on the Attorney General front — Fairfax County Circuit Court Clerk John Frey has withdrawn from the race for Attorney General of the Commonwealth. You can see his press release here: Press Release 11-19-12 John Frey withdraws […]
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 […]
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 […]
I hope my readers will enjoy this new format, and I hope it was worth the wait!
I hope my readers will enjoy this new format, and I hope it was worth the wait… After several years of planning this update to the blog, I hope my readers will enjoy this new format. In any event the […]