News from the Virginia Attorney General Race–Former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore Endorses John Brownlee for Attorney General in 2009
Former Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore announced this morning that he has endorsed John Brownlee’s bid to secure the Republican nomination for that post. Kilgore also announced that he has agreed to serve as General Chairman of Brownlee’s campaign. “We […]
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, […]
New Virginia Website Attempts to Expose VDOT Waste
An interesting new website by state Sen. Mark Obenshain has the goal of exposing waste, fraud and abuse in the Virginia Department of Transportation. No question about it, government spending always results in a certain level of fraud, waste, and abuse. That is why […]
Yet Another Reminder About Attorney Fees Petitions
The Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly blog has a post today relating to the use of the Laffey-Matrix in fee shifting cases. It is not clear whether the Laffey Matrix at issue is the real Laffey Matrix (that is, the one prepared […]
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 […]
A New Year, A New President, and Lots of New Money–How We Can Prevent the Same Old Fraud?
The year 2009 will bring a new President to the White House who has promised lots and lots of new federal money to fund various state and federal projects. Some have gone so far as to say that President-elect Obama […]
Ohio Auditor Misses the Mark: Ohio’s Plan to Reduce Medicaid Fraud Includes Everything BUT a State False Claims Act
The state of Ohio–which, like every other state, is facing a record budget deficit–is searching for ways to cut costs and stretch its budget a little. Amazingly, in a new report released this week by Mary Taylor (who currently serves as […]
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 […]
UPDATE: Settlement Announced in the first Non-Intervened case under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act in Commonwealth of Virginia ex rel. Nisar A. Siddiqui v. Navy Federal Credit Union, et al.
Fairfax, Virginia, November 5, 2008–Navy Federal Credit Union will pay $640,000 dollars to settle allegations that it failed to deliver unclaimed property to the Commonwealth of Virginia as part of a settlement under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. The Order, entered […]
New Opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia interprets the public disclosure bar and release agreements
In the ongoing saga of Purdue Pharma, an