A Giant Leap Forward for Virginia Courts….
The Virginia Lawyers Weekly blog has an important post today about the
Can Violations of the Davis-Bacon Act Trigger Liability Under the False Claims Act?
Today’s post is about the Davis-Bacon Act and whether the failure to pay Davis-Bacon wages triggers liability under the federal False Claims Act. This is in response to a conversation I had recently with a fellow Virginia lawyer who asked […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Interesting Reading from the Wall Street Journal…
Carrick Mollenkamp and Tom McGinty over at the Wall Street Journal did an article this week that may be of interest to readers … here are some links to the explanatory graphics on WSJ.com. Here is a link to a WaPo article […]
Announcing the First New York State False Claims Act Conference
In a strong show of New York state’s support for its False Claims Act, today New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a CLE-certified conference on the strengthened New York False Claims Act. The conference will take place on […]
Judge Payne says “Hire Local Counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia”
The Virginia Lawyers Weekly blog has an excellent post today on the importance of local counsel in the Rocket Docket. Indeed, lawyers outside the rocket docket are often unfamiliar with the speed and intensity of litigation in the E.D.Va., and little things–like the fact […]