The Taxonomy of Qui Tam Cases in Government Procurement
Government procurement fraud cases usually fall into one of several categories, and today’s post takes a look at this taxonomy. (As regular readers know, of course, when we use the word “government” in this blog, we generally mean federal, state […]
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE RACE FOR VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: JOHN FREY WITHDRAWS FROM THE RACE
Breaking news today on the Attorney General front — Fairfax County Circuit Court Clerk John Frey has withdrawn from the race for Attorney General of the Commonwealth. You can see his press release here: Press Release 11-19-12 John Frey withdraws […]
Just remember you didn’t hear it first from me: BNY Mellon, Virginia make deal on currency trades claim
Just remember you didn’t hear it first from me: BNY Mellon, Virginia make deal on currency trades claim Carrick Mollenkamp (formerly of the Wall Street Journal now self-employed) reminds me of Sherlock Holmes. And I am talking about the Basil […]
A Look at the Procurement Integrity Act and Organizational Conflicts of Interest as they pertain to False Claims Act Litigation
Today we will take a look at a couple of the hot-button topics in the world of procurement fraud — specifically the Procurement Integrity Act (“PIA”)(41 U.S.C. § 423) and those portions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”) provisions prohibiting Organizational […]
Update on the Amended California False Claims Act…and a short discussion of the concept of an “alternate remedy” provision in a state false claims act
As a follow-up to my previous posts on the amended California False Claims Act — and especially my commentary on the lack of an “alternate remedy provision” — I received some comments from loyal readers that I wanted to share […]
California Governor Jerry Brown signs the new California False Claims Act into law…but the law still lacks an alternate remedies clause to protect relators
One of the few state-level developments of recent months came in California, where its year-round legislature passed some amendments to the California False Claims Act. This week California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2492 into law, and the changes will […]
A Recent Washington Post Editorial on Plea Bargains Sheds Light on False Claims Act Settlements …
A recent Washington Post editorial concerning plea bargaining in criminal cases came to my attention recently and I think readers will find it interesting for several reasons. First, many of the arguments in the Post editorial should sound familiar to […]
I hope my readers will enjoy this new format, and I hope it was worth the wait!
I hope my readers will enjoy this new format, and I hope it was worth the wait… After several years of planning this update to the blog, I hope my readers will enjoy this new format. In any event the […]
The Washington Examiner Reports on Violations of the federal False Claims Act by Fairfax County Schools
The Washington Examiner Reports on Violations of the federal False Claims Act by Fairfax County Schools An interesting article this week in Washington Examiner demonstrates that false claims act violations do in fact come from sources other than the private […]
Important new opinion from the E.D.Va. on the topic of attorney’s fee awards
As regular readers know, one of the recurring themes on this blog is litigation under fee-shifting statutes (and for that matter, fee-shifting provisions in contracts). The federal False Claims Act (and our state version of the FCA, the Virginia Fraud […]