Discretion is the better part of valor…and it is also a big part of a qui tam practice
Discretion is the better part of valor…and it is also a big part of a qui tam practice. In the last 18 months, there have a been a number of huge recoveries, including several settlements of more than one billion dollars. As […]
BREAKING NEWS – CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY PASSES AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA FALSE CLAIMS ACT
BREAKING NEWS – CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY PASSES AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA FALSE CLAIMS ACT California Assembly Amends the California False Claims Act 2012 In breaking news this month, Califoria is in the process of amending California’s False Claims Act (Cal. Gov’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Washington Examiner Reports on Violations of the federal False Claims Act by Fairfax County Schools
The Washington Examiner Reports on Violations of the federal False Claims Act by Fairfax County Schools An interesting article this week in Washington Examiner demonstrates that false claims act violations do in fact come from sources other than the private […]
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 […]
Didn’t I tell you there are less things to blog about in the summer?
Didn’t I tell you there are less things to blog about in the summer?Last summer I pointed out that there is a trend over the last four years of blogging — there just seem to be fewer things to blog about […]
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 […]
Interesting New Virginia Legal Ethics Opinion on Lawyer Blogging, Client Secrets, and Marketing
Earlier this month a three judge panel convened by the Virginia State Bar issued an interesting opinion on the topics of lawyer blogging, client secrets, and free speech. The panel was convened to hear a disciplinary appeal by Richmond criminal […]
Delaware Attorney General Joe Biden Jr. Intervenes in Delaware False Claims Act Case Case Concerning Unclaimed Property
Delaware Attorney General Joe Biden Jr. Intervenes in Delaware False Claims Act Case Case Concerning Unclaimed PropertyAs regular readers know, I am a proponent of using state false claims acts to pursue unclaimed property suits against Holders of Unclaimed Property. […]