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.
Maybe next year Super Lawyers will have a category for Qui Tam…
After more than three years of doing this blog, I just spotted a trend — I tend to blog less in June and July of each year. It just seems like there are less things to blog about during the […]
Court Ordered Attorney’s Fees under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the federal False Claims Act
SCOTUS has issued two new opinions concerning court-awarded attorney’s fees in the last year or so, and since the new
Today the New Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Goes Into Effect
New laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly in its regular session and signed by the Governor traditionally go into effect on July 1, and today is no different. Among the new laws going into effect today is the amended Virginia Fraud […]
Commonsense Steps State and Local Governments Can Take to Fight Fraud and Strengthen False Claims Act Enforcement
Regular readers know that the single most important step a state government can take to limit fraudulent requests for payment is to pass a state false claims act modeled on the federal False Claims Act. A state false claims act modeled on the […]
Is there a False Claims Act in the works for Australia?
There appears to be some interest on the part of the Australians in American False Claims Act jurisprudence, according to Thomas Faunce at Australian National University. I have blogged in the past about my testimony and efforts to assist state legislators across the […]
Interesting Reading from the Wall Street Journal…
Carrick Mollenkamp and Tom McGinty over at the Wall Street Journal did an article this week that may be of interest to readers … here are some links to the explanatory graphics on WSJ.com. Here is a link to a WaPo article […]
Announcing the First New York State False Claims Act Conference
In a strong show of New York state’s support for its False Claims Act, today New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a CLE-certified conference on the strengthened New York False Claims Act. The conference will take place on […]
SCOTUS Issues Opinion in Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States
In breaking news, today the Supreme Court of the United States announced its
Judge Payne says “Hire Local Counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia”
The Virginia Lawyers Weekly blog has an excellent post today on the importance of local counsel in the Rocket Docket. Indeed, lawyers outside the rocket docket are often unfamiliar with the speed and intensity of litigation in the E.D.Va., and little things–like the fact […]
“Kickback” definition in False Claims Act cases
“Kickback” definition in False Claims Act cases Previously, I have blogged about the inherently complex and nuanced nature of qui tam litigation. Today I want to talk a little bit about the word “kickback” and the history of that […]