Virginia Lawyers Weekly Article on Qui Tam Actions to Enforce Tariffs
Virginia Lawyers Weekly Article on Qui Tam Actions to Enforce Tariffs Recently I was quoted in an article in Virginia Lawyers Weekly on the use of the federal False Claims Act — and specifically […]
How to Be a Successful Qui Tam Whistleblower
Interested readers can now check out How to be a Successful Qui Tam Whistleblower at my Amazon author page where they can either purchase a hard-copy or (if you are a Kindle subscriber) you can pick up […]
Lawyers and Client Confidentiality
Lawyers and Client Confidentiality Now that some of the smoke has cleared from the Ty Cobb-John Dowd lunchtime chat at BLT I figured I would provide my two-cents on it from a legal ethics […]
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 […]
My apologies for the hiatus….
My apologies for the hiatus in VaQuiTamLaw.com, but we experienced technical issues for several weeks… The technical issues have now been solved and so we are back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Taxpayers Against Fraud Unveils New Video Explaining the False Claims Act
Taxpayers Against Fraud Unveils New Video Explaining the False Claims Act Last Friday the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund unveiled an excellent new two-minute video about qui tam litigation and the importance of false […]
The mini-referendum on the Maryland False Claims Act in Legislative District 4
The mini-referendum on the Maryland False Claims Act in Legislative District 4 — Part 1 of 2 Today is the first of a two-part post revisiting a frequent topic here at Vaquitamlaw.com […]
Pretrial Motions Practice in Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act cases
Pretrial Motions Practice in Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act cases Today’s post takes a look at pretrial motions practice in Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act cases. Specifically, we will take a look at […]
Federal false claims act creates liability for any person submitting false claims
The federal false claims act creates liability for any person submitting false claims but does not define the term person The federal False Claims Act creates a cause of action against any “person” who […]
Attorney client privilege, internal investigations and false claims act litigation — Part Two
Attorney client privilege internal investigations and false claims act litigation — Part Two This is the second of two posts about the recent discovery opinion in United States ex rel. Harry Barko v. Halliburton […]