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.
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 […]
Announcing upcoming CLE Seminar on Statutory Attorney’s Fees in Virginia Courts
I will be speaking at an upcoming seminar through Virginia CLE which may be of interest to some readers. The seminar concerns court-awarded attorney’s fees in Virginia’s state and federal courts, with a focus on the mechanics of fee petitions, and fee-shifting litigation. […]
Why do you think all the most business-friendly states have state False Claims Acts?
Over the past few years I have noticed that certain questions and objections sometimes arise when a state considers a state False Claims Act. Today’s post deals with the single most common objection and/or question. As an aside, I have also […]
The Washington State False Claims Act Legislative Battle Continues…
Washington State False Claims Act legislative battle continues… I wanted to update readers on another legislative battle, this time in Washington state. The Washington False Claims Act, has been introduced by state Sen. Adam Kline as […]
Important Considerations for Settlement in a Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act case
As I have said many times, there is no practice area quite as complicated as false claims act litigation under either the federal False Claims Act or the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (or for that matter under any of […]
The Ohio False Claims Act is Introduced…
Other than the changes to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the Illinois False Claims Act, the 2011 legislative session has been rather uneventful in terms of state false claims act legislation. However, in some late-breaking news from Ohio, Senate […]
Two Major–and Historic–Events in the Past Seven Days…
In the last seven days, two major historic events occurred. Although very few Virginians paid attention or cared, we will all notice the benefit bestowed on our Commonwealth by these two events…On Saturday, March 26th, Governor Bob McDonnell signed groundbreaking amendments to […]
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Issues Opinion in ACLU et al. v. Eric H. Holder, et al.
After several months of waiting, today the Fourth Circuit issued its
The Washington Post misses the mark on doctor self-referrals, but they should still get points for trying…
Recently, the Washington Post featured an editorial applauding Maryland’s 18
year old statute banning physician self-referrals and encouraging other states to follow Maryland’s example. Sadly, the WaPo editorial misses the mark, although they do get points
for trying.
WaPo misses the mark because if they were going to take up an esoteric–but important–subject, physician self-referrals should not have been the number one thing on the list. It would have
been far more helpful if they had directed their efforts towards the passage of a Maryland False Claims Act …