The federal False Claims Act is Important because it reduces corruption in American Society
The federal False Claims Act is Important because it limits corruption in American Society As this blog has discussed before, people tend to get distracted by the (sometimes) enormous sums of money the United […]
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 […]
K&G Law Group Partner Zachary Kitts is named “Qui Tam Lawyer of the Year”
K&G Law Group Partner Zachary Kitts is named “Qui Tam Lawyer of the Year” It is always nice to be included in any kind of honors list, but this year I […]
Deputy Attorney General Announces New Anti-Fraud Effort for Disaster Relief Programs
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Announces Anti-Fraud Effort to Root Out Fraud on Disaster Programs The Atlantic hurricane season is nothing new, but it seems to have been particularly virulent this year (though thankfully not […]
Defend Trade Secrets Act litigation in federal courts
Defend Trade Secrets Act Litigation in Federal Courts As regular readers know, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 is one of the biggest developments in the world of qui tam / whistleblower law […]
Combating VEDP fraud using qui tam actions under Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act
Yesterday, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission issued a less-than-flattering report on the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority (“VEDP”). As a result, today’s post takes a look at how the Commonwealth can combat […]
Trade Secrets and Qui Tam — Part Two
Trade Secrets and Qui Tam — Part Two This is part two of a two part post on the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, which was signed into law last week. Part one […]
Dodd-Frank Rule 21F-7
Dodd-Frank Rule 21F-7 is enforced for the very first time Last time around, we looked at Judge Gwin’s opinion in US ex rel. Barko v. Halliburton, et al., and the importance of that discovery […]