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.
Still the “Rocket Docket” after all these years…
It seems the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is still far and away the speediest venue available among the 94 U.S. District Court in the country according to
a report issued by the United States Courts.
The report covers the 12 calendar months ending Sept. 30, 2010. During that time frame 2,067 cases were filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, which by my rough estimate puts the court in the
top 10 nationwide in terms of volume. …
The Supreme Court of Virginia Grants Appeal in Cuccinelli v. UVa
Yesterday, SCOVA announced that it had granted the Attorney General’s appeal from a ruling quashing
the AG”s civil investigative demand to the University of Virginia. As readers are aware, the Order was entered by Judge Peatross in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County.
The following are the assignments of error:
- The circuit court erred in setting aside the CIDs based on the ground that the Attorney General lacked a “reason to believe” that UVa. may be in possession, custody, or control …
The New and Improved Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act is “Enrolled” And Sent to the Governor!
As of yesterday, March 3, 2011, SB1262 was “enrolled” by the Virginia General Assembly!
An enrolled bill is the final printed version of the bill as passed by the House of Delegates and the Senate, signed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate (the Lieutenant
Governor) and transmitted to the Governor for his signature.
I also have a correction to make. Earlier, I had reported that Illinois was …
Stephen Kohn blogs about the ACLU lawsuit attacking the seal provisions of the federal False Claims Act
Last month the Whistleblowers Protection Blog did an excellent post following up on the ACLU’s attack on the federal False Claims Act. After the District Court’s dismissal of the ACLU’s lawsuit, the ACLU appealed the matter to the Fourth Circuit Court […]
The Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act is Amended to Match the Federal False Claims Act!
Last night, the both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly passed the most important piece of legislation in the 2011 legislative session–that is, the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act was updated and amended to match the Federal False Claims Act! […]
On the topic of civil investigative demands issued by the Attorney General
As Virginia’s 2011 legislative session winds to a close, I am pleased to announce that two bills which sought to strip the Virginia Attorney General of his powers to issue civil investigative demands have failed to pass the House of […]
Every state wants a False Claims Act, but not every state has the political will to pass one…
With all of the legislative activity this year on the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, I haven’t had much of a chance to look at other state legislative activity. I ran across this article the other day, however, and I […]
Legislative Update–SB 1262 is re-amended back into its original form in the House of Delegates
In breaking news from Richmond, we appear well on our way to amending the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (Va. Code 8.01-216.1 et seq.) to incorporate the changes made by Congress. Today, Del. Greg Habeeb re-amended SB 1262 to fix the slight problem that […]
The GMU Journal of Law, Economics & Policy Issue 7.1
Last week, GMU law school released issue 7.1 of The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy which includes an article by yours truly. The article is entitled “Public Trust and the Role of Qui Tam Relators in the Regulatory Framework.” Here […]
Action Alert–HB 1399 Must Be Defeated in the Senate
Today is the “cross-over” day in the Virginia General Assembly, which means that bills passed by either the House of Delegates or the Senate are transferred to the other House for action. While there is much going on with the […]