Report from Annapolis on the Maryland False Claims Act
Resistance to the idea of a Maryland False Claims Act appears to be crumbling. Maryland needs a true false claims act.
Missouri’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Ranked Number One in FY 2008, Despite Not Having a State False Claims Act
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said today that Missouri has earned the distinction of returning more money to the public fisc through Medicaid fraud prosecutions than any other state in the nation. This is, however, only when the federal Medicaid grant […]
State Legislative Update for 2010
Over the next several weeks, state legislatures across the country will convene and begin the 2010 legislative session. We will follow those states considering passing false claims-style legislation and provide updates where available. In particular, on the watch list for this year are […]
Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli Staffs Up the Office of the Attorney General
The WaPo political blog has important updates about the staffing
of Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli’s office.
It appears Ken has made some good choices, picking people with significant legal experience. Perhaps most significant for the FCA/qui tam world is Cuccinelli’s selection of Steve Buck–who
spent the last three years as Section Chief of the Health Care Fraud Section of the OAG–to head up Public Safety and Enforcement.
Charles E. James will serve as …
Fraud on the Government–a true Equal Opportunity Employer
The Washington Post today has this story about deaf entrepreneur John Yeh and a false claims act case filed against him by the U.S. Department of Justice. Yeh is a graduate of Gallaudet University, and has been at the forefront of […]
GMU Law School Sponsors Lecture on the False Claims Act
I am honored to be joining Alan S. Goldberg, Peter B. Hutt II, and Victor Kubli in presenting a lecture on the federal False Claims Act at the George Mason University School of Law today. The lecture is sponsored by GMU’s Journal of Law, Economics, […]
Virginia’s Award-Winning Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Issues its FY 2008-2009 Annual Report
I have just finished reading the
News from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia: United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against Virginia Medicaid Providers
News from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia: United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against Virginia Medicaid Providers
California Files Suit Against State Street–Claims Bankers Engaged in Massive Fraud
October 20, 2009–California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced his intervention in a California state qui tam lawsuit against State Street Bank today. The original complaint was filed under seal by a qui tam relator and his counsel roughly one year ago in […]
Everyone seems to focus on the treble damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees…
For understandable reasons, people tend to focus on the treble damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees provided for in the federal False Claims Act and in the 26 states with false claims acts. Today, I want to talk about one of […]