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.
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 […]
Interesting Opinion on Lawyer Contingency Fees … And Proof that no good deed goes unpunished.
Interesting Opinion on Lawyer Contingency Fees … And Proof that no good deed goes unpunished. An interesting opinion was issued a few days ago in the U.S. District Court for the District of […]
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reviews his first 100 days in office…and puts a West Virginia False Claims Act at the top of his wish list
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reviews his first 100 days in office…and puts a West Virginia False Claims Act at the top of his wish list Virginians will elect a new Attorney […]