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.
New Opinion on Reasonable Attorney’s Fees in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Today Judge Cacheris issued a favorable opinion on my petition for attorney’s fees in a Fair Labor Standards Act case. Although the case was an FLSA case and not a False Claims Act case, the same concepts apply to any prevailing plaintiff in […]
My apologies for posting this important news so late…..
The power to dismiss a case based on the public disclosure bar (found at 31 U.S.C. 3730(e)(4)(A))is back in the hands of the Department of Justice; also, The “original source” exception to the public disclosure bar is expanded by the PPACA to include any relator who can add “knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclosed allegations or transactions.”
PPACA makes it clear that retention of overpayments by health care providers is unlawful, and lays down strict new guidelines for the return of overpayments.
Govenor O’Malley Signs The Maryland False Claims Act Into Law!
Today Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed the Maryland False Health Claims Act into law, bringing to a close one of the most heated legislative battles over a state false claims act in recent memory.
The travails of Colorado, and perhaps an interesting new change in strategy from the enemies of fiscal responsibility…..
Breaking news from the front lines in Colorado has that state’s proposed false claims act (I believe it is SB 187) being amended to include the following language: WHEN A RELATOR BRINGS AN ACTION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (2), THE […]
The Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010 is Amended and Sent to the House of Delegates
Today the Baltimore Business Journal carried an article on the amended Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010. While the amended bill will not pass muster under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (and in the process earn Maryland an additional […]
The Maryland House of Delegates hears testimony on the Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010
Today the Maryland House of Delegates heard testimony on the Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010. WBAL’s Channel 11 News covered the story, including a quote from yours truly. The House Committee heard the testimony of three panels who supported the […]
Connecticut becomes the 26th state to pass a state False Claims Act
Connecticut becomes the 26th state to pass a state False Claims Act. My apologies for missing this, but in December of 2009 Connecticut became the twenty-sixth state to pass a state false claims act. The Connecticut statute–which contains a qui […]
Important New Opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
An important
March 2, 1863: On This Day in History…
On March 2, 1863 the 37th Congress passed the federal False Claims Act, making today the 147th birthday of the statute. And just think–after all that history, the best is yet to come!
The Virginia Supreme Court ends a series of misguided attempts to abuse the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act
The Supreme Court of Virginia issued its first Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act opinion in Ligon v. County of Goochland, in the process ending a misguided attempt to turn the statute into something other than a tool to fight fraud on the Commonwealth.