Blog Author Zachary Kitts Announces Second-Largest Settlement in Virginia for 2021
VaQuiTamLaw.com Announces Qui Tam was Second-Largest Settlement for 2021 The results are in folks, and I am pleased to announce that my firm’s previously-announced qui tam settlement in United States ex rel. Bishop v. Level […]
Upcoming VaCLE Seminars on Hanging a Shingle and Reasonable Attorney Fees in Virginia
Upcoming Continuing Legal Education Seminars on Starting a Law Firm and Reasonable Attorney’s Fees in Virginia As many of you know, for the last three years John Bredehoft and I handled the most […]
Attorney’s Fee Awards in Virginia State Courts
Attorney’s Fee Awards in Virginia State Courts As regular readers know, in addition to handling fee-shifting cases of my own, I am often asked to serve as an expert witness in litigation over reasonable […]
Virginia Supreme Court Issues Important Attorney’s Fee Opinion
Virginia Supreme Court Issues Important Attorney’s Fee Opinion The Virginia Supreme Court issued an important attorney’s fee opinion recently. The opinion, in Lambert v. Sea Oats Condominium Association, Inc., — S.E.2d. —-, 2017 WL 1378202 […]
Attorney Fee Awards and Reasonable Hourly Rates for Lawyers
Attorney Fee Awards and Reasonable Hourly Rates for Lawyers Attorney fee awards and reasonable hourly rates for lawyers are important to us here at vaquitamlaw.com because, as regular readers know, the federal False Claims […]
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Settlement with UPS
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Settlement with UPS As regular readers know, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has shown considerable interest in enforcing the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. He has taken steps to […]
Attorney fee awards after McAfee v. Boczar
Attorney Fee Awards After McAfee v. Boczar in the Fourth Circuit Today we will take a look at attorney fee awards after McAfee v. Boczar and the important guidance this opinion provides for […]
Interesting Opinion on Lawyer Contingency Fees … And Proof that no good deed goes unpunished.
Interesting Opinion on Lawyer Contingency Fees … And Proof that no good deed goes unpunished. An interesting opinion was issued a few days ago in the U.S. District Court for the District of […]