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, […]
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 […]
A Look at the False Claims Act Case Against Lance Armstrong
A Look at the False Claims Act Case Against Lance Armstrong At this point, it is hardly news that cyclist Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs and blood doping to help him win the Tour de France seven times. What […]
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 […]
An interesting and unusual conclusion to a qui tam case…
An interesting and unusual conclusion to a qui tam case…As regular readers know, false claims act cases are usually hard-fought battles when they are litigated. This is true regardless of whether the government intervenes in the case or not. I attribute this […]
K&G Law Group Announces $18.1 Million Settlement in federal False Claims Act case unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
VIRGINIA STATE BAR DISCLOSURE: EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT AND THE OUTCOME OF THIS OR ANY OTHER CASE DEPENDS ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO THAT CASE. THE OUTCOME OF ANY CASE IS NEVER CERTAIN OR GUARANTEED. Late yesterday afternoon the Department […]