AND THE WINNER IS … MARK OBENSHAIN EMERGES AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THE WINNER IS … MARK OBENSHAIN EMERGES AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL… Breaking news from Richmond has Mark Obenshain beating Rob Bell to win the Republican nomination for Attorney General. […]
Checking in on the 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General…
Checking in on the 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General… The 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General seems to have been uneventful so far, at least when compared with the 2009 primaries. The […]
All Federal Court Practitioners Should be Aware of Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Today’s post looks at some proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. Actually, I do not think these proposals are actually proposals just […]
K&G Law Group takes Second Place in the Annual Virginia Lawyers Weekly feature “Top Settlements for 2012”
K&G Law Group takes Second Place in the Annual Virginia Lawyers Weekly feature “Top Settlements for 2012” I am pleased to announce that according to Virginia Lawyers Weekly the $18.1 million settlement last year in U.S. ex rel Chao v. Calnet, […]
Overview of state methods for using the money recovered from state false claims act prosecutions
As regular readers are well aware, recoveries under the federal False Claims Act have, for the last four years, been record-breaking. In FY 2012, nearly $5 billion (to be exact, it was $4.959 billion) was recovered in settlements and judgments […]
A Look at the False Claims Act Case Against Lance Armstrong
A Look at the False Claims Act Case Against Lance Armstrong At this point, it is hardly news that cyclist Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs and blood doping to help him win the Tour de France seven times. What […]
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Breaking news today on the Attorney General front — Fairfax County Circuit Court Clerk John Frey has withdrawn from the race for Attorney General of the Commonwealth.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 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 […]