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 […]
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 […]
K&G Law Group takes Second Place in the Annual Virginia Lawyers Weekly feature “Top Settlements for 2012”
K&G Law Group takes Second Place in the Annual Virginia Lawyers Weekly feature “Top Settlements for 2012” I am pleased to announce that according to Virginia Lawyers Weekly the $18.1 million settlement last year in U.S. ex rel Chao v. Calnet, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Important new opinion from the E.D.Va. on the topic of attorney’s fee awards
As regular readers know, one of the recurring themes on this blog is litigation under fee-shifting statutes (and for that matter, fee-shifting provisions in contracts). The federal False Claims Act (and our state version of the FCA, the Virginia Fraud […]
Changes to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act as of July 1, 2012
Changes to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act as of July 1, 2012. A new and amended version of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act took effect on July 1, 2012. The changes were mostly cosmetic, but there are some […]