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.
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund files amicus brief in ACLU et al. v. Eric Holder, et al. in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Today, TAFEF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case captioned ACLU et al. v. Eric Holder, et al., 09-2086. A copy of the amicus is available
Missouri’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Ranked Number One in FY 2008, Despite Not Having a State False Claims Act
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said today that Missouri has earned the distinction of returning more money to the public fisc through Medicaid fraud prosecutions than any other state in the nation. This is, however, only when the federal Medicaid grant […]
State Legislative Update for 2010
Over the next several weeks, state legislatures across the country will convene and begin the 2010 legislative session. We will follow those states considering passing false claims-style legislation and provide updates where available. In particular, on the watch list for this year are […]
State Sen. Jamie Raskin fires the opening salvo in this year’s fight for a Maryland False Claims Act
The Maryland legislature has failed to pass a Maryland False Claims Act in each of the last two legislative sessions. Each time, the bill failed by a single vote in the state Senate. This year will be different. We have […]
Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli Staffs Up the Office of the Attorney General
The WaPo political blog has important updates about the staffing
of Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli’s office.
It appears Ken has made some good choices, picking people with significant legal experience. Perhaps most significant for the FCA/qui tam world is Cuccinelli’s selection of Steve Buck–who
spent the last three years as Section Chief of the Health Care Fraud Section of the OAG–to head up Public Safety and Enforcement.
Charles E. James will serve as …
Fraud on the Government–a true Equal Opportunity Employer
The Washington Post today has this story about deaf entrepreneur John Yeh and a false claims act case filed against him by the U.S. Department of Justice. Yeh is a graduate of Gallaudet University, and has been at the forefront of […]
President Obama Signs the Franken Amendments into Law
Today, President Obama signed the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill into law. Significantly, the bill included the so-called “Franken Amendments” which requires all contractors with more than $1 million in revenues from using mandatory arbitration provisions in their employment agreements. Specifically, military contractors may not: […]
GMU Law School Sponsors Lecture on the False Claims Act
I am honored to be joining Alan S. Goldberg, Peter B. Hutt II, and Victor Kubli in presenting a lecture on the federal False Claims Act at the George Mason University School of Law today. The lecture is sponsored by GMU’s Journal of Law, Economics, […]
Virginia’s Award-Winning Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Issues its FY 2008-2009 Annual Report
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News from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia: United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against Virginia Medicaid Providers
News from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia: United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against Virginia Medicaid Providers