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.
The First Shots in the Battle Over the Retroactivity Provisions of the New False Claims Act
As previously discussed on this blog, filed its statement of interest in support of the relator in Allison Engine. More battles are on the horizon–among the most interesting will be the battle concerning retention of overpayments. More on that to follow.
This sure explains a few things….
Having followed Maryland’s battle to enact a Maryland False Claims Act, I can’t help but point out this article from the Washington Post. It seems former Maryland Republican Party Chairman John Kane has been nailed under the federal False Claims […]
New SCOTUS Opinion on the Federal False Claims Act
Today SCOTUS issued its
Introducing the New and Improved Federal False Claims Act!
As I mentioned a week or two ago, the Federal False Claims Act has been updated and improved by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. While the amendments to the FCA fall short of those proposed in the still-pending False […]
THE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT IS REVAMPED FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY!!!!
In 1986, with the budgetary strains caused by the cold-war, and with fraudsters draining the U.S. Treasury with impunity, Congress acted by revitalizing the False Claims Act. Today, Congress once again strengthened the False Claims Act, and brought that Act […]
THE MINNESOTA FALSE CLAIMS ACT IS SIGNED INTO LAW
We began the 2009 state legislative season with a list of states paying a federally mandated penalty for not having a false claims act. Today, I am happy to report that the
State Qui Tam Legislative Updates
Sadly, as the last of the state legislative sessions wind down this month, it appears that we do have a single new state False Claims Act to report. Kansas appears to have passed a non-qui tam state statute, which can only be […]
Important New Opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Addresses the Seal Requirements of the Federal False Claims Act
An important new opinion issued today by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division) discusses the mandatory disclosure and seal requirements of the Federal False Claims Act. The opinion can be found on Westlaw as […]
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund files Amicus Curiae Memorandum in Support of the Department of Justice’s Motion to Dismiss in ACLU, et al. v. Eric Holder, et al., 1:09cv042
Today the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund filed its memorandum in support of the
Fools–or in this case, the Government Accountability Project, OMB Watch, and the ACLU–Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread
A lawsuit currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia seeks to have most the Federal False Claims Act declared unconstitutional. The