Zachary Kitts
Zachary Kitts is a founding partner at K&G Law Group, PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act, employment law, business torts, and other complex civil litigation matters. In total, Zach's false claims act cases have returned more than $118 million to federal, state, and local governments. Zach has been involved in a number of precedent-setting false claims act cases against banks and financial services companies, healthcare providers, defense contractors, and others.
Government knowledge as a unique affirmative defense
“Your Honor, the government knew all along that we were submitting fraudulent claims” — A look at the so-called “government knowledge defense” in false claims act litigation Today we will take a […]
Blocking and tackling in qui tam litigation — execution on fundamentals wins the day…
Blocking and tackling in qui tam litigation — execution on fundamentals wins the day… As regular readers know, I believe in focusing on the fundamentals in litigation or, at least, that is what […]
Maximizing a qui tam relators’ recovery
Today we will take a look at one of the hot-button topics in world of qui tam litigation — namely, the factors that determine whether a qui tam relator receives a higher […]
Two Virginia executives go to prison for small-business set-aside fraud
Two Virginia executives go to prison for small-business set-aside fraud An interesting article in Saturday’s Washington Post covered the criminal sentencing of two Virginia executives who defrauded the government. I find it interesting […]
BREAKING NEWS IN THE 2013 RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: Virginia Democrats Nominate state Senator Mark Herring for Attorney General
BREAKING NEWS IN THE 2013 RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: Virginia Democrats Nominate state Senator Mark Herring for Attorney General Yesterday Virginia Democrats selected state Senator Mark Herring as their nominee for the 2013 […]
Strange developments from the HHS-OIG…and a few basic truths about government
Some strange developments surfaced in April at the DHHS-OIG , specifically with regard to approval of the California False Claims Act and I think they are worth addressing here. BACKGROUND — STATE GOVERNMENTS AND […]
Interesting Developments from the Virginia State Bar…a/k/a The Curious Case of Glenn Lewis
As regular readers know, attorney’s fees, legal ethics and the Virginia State Bar are a regular part of the discussion here on VaQuiTamLaw.com. I have therefore followed with some interest the curious case of […]
AND THE WINNER IS … MARK OBENSHAIN EMERGES AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THE WINNER IS … MARK OBENSHAIN EMERGES AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL… Breaking news from Richmond has Mark Obenshain beating Rob Bell to win the Republican nomination for Attorney General. […]
A Brief History of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Part IV — City of Richmond vs. McDevitt Street Bovis
Today is another entry in my occassional series on the history of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Today, we take a look at an important SCOVA case that caused some influential […]
Truly There Is Nothing New Under the Sun — And Even Lance Armstrong’s Highly Paid Lawyers Can’t Come Up with Something New….
The qui tam case against Lance Armstrong has been in the news again recently. By way of review, the allegations are that Lance Armstrong was (1) taking performance enhancing drugs while (2) being […]