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.
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 […]
California Governor Jerry Brown signs the new California False Claims Act into law…but the law still lacks an alternate remedies clause to protect relators
One of the few state-level developments of recent months came in California, where its year-round legislature passed some amendments to the California False Claims Act. This week California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2492 into law, and the changes will […]
The more the merrier — two more Virginia Democrats throw thier hats into the ring in the 2013 Attorney General race
In the last several weeks, two more lawyers joined the race for Attorney General in 2013 on the Democratic side of the ball. The first, Justin Fairfax, currently serves as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
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 […]
It must be getting too dangerous to traffick drugs…
Yesterday the United States Department of Justice simultaneously unsealed criminal indictments in five districts, arrested 52 criminals and announced arrest warrants for two dozen more in what was billed as the single largest health care fraud bust in history. It seems […]
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 […]