Review of the 2011 Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference & Awards Dinner
Last week was the Eleventh Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund and it was, as usual, quite an 25 Years of the Modern False Claims Act.It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the changes that occurred 25 years ago in […]
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Dedicates Resources to the Fight Against Fraud
At long last, the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act is starting to get some media attention…Jim Nolan over the at Richmond Times Dispatch put together an excellent article this week about the Attorney General’s efforts to fight fraud. Stay tuned folks, […]
A Look at the Marine Habitat and Waterways Improvement Fund and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act
One loyal reader recently pointed out that this blog might have unintentionally drifted from one of its stated goals–namely, to give practice examples of the myriad situations in which Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act might be useful. Today’s example concerns […]
News This Week: New York State Applies a New Model to False Claims Act Enforcement
This week WSJ reporter Carrick Mollenkamp authored a first-rate piece on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and his leadership in state false claims act prosecutions. In particular, Schneiderman appears to be leading the pack of state Attorney Generals investigating and/or […]
The Federal Government Gets Serious About Collecting Overpayments
Regular readers will recall past blog posts about government overpayments. This week more attention was focused on this topic with the introduction of the 2011 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (S.1409). As incredible as it may seem to the uninitiated, […]
Commonsense Steps State and Local Governments Can Take to Fight Fraud and Strengthen False Claims Act Enforcement, Part II—Funding a State Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit
In an earlier post, I discussed a few basic common sense things that state and local governments can do to cut down on fraud. Among those suggestions was to have a state false claims act, and then to make sure that […]
Court Ordered Attorney’s Fees under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the federal False Claims Act
SCOTUS has issued two new opinions concerning court-awarded attorney’s fees in the last year or so, and since the new
Today the New Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Goes Into Effect
New laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly in its regular session and signed by the Governor traditionally go into effect on July 1, and today is no different. Among the new laws going into effect today is the amended Virginia Fraud […]
Commonsense Steps State and Local Governments Can Take to Fight Fraud and Strengthen False Claims Act Enforcement
Regular readers know that the single most important step a state government can take to limit fraudulent requests for payment is to pass a state false claims act modeled on the federal False Claims Act. A state false claims act modeled on the […]
Is there a False Claims Act in the works for Australia?
There appears to be some interest on the part of the Australians in American False Claims Act jurisprudence, according to Thomas Faunce at Australian National University. I have blogged in the past about my testimony and efforts to assist state legislators across the […]