Update from Washington State on the Washington State False Claims Act
Washington State False Claims Act Things seemed remarkably silent on the state legislative front this year — until yesterday, that is, when fellow qui tam/FCA lawyer in Jeff Sprung was kind of enough to send me an […]
Qui Tam Litigation and the Federal False Claims Act Become an Issue in the Presidential Primary
Interesting to note that qui tam litigation and the federal False Claims Act became an issue in the Republican presidential primary recently. Newt Gingrich’s mention of FCA enforcement is actually just one of several recent mentions by office-seekers and office-holders in […]
Pat Burns from Taxpayers Against Fraud Predicts $9 billion in 2012
Pat Burns from Taxpayers Against Fraud predicts $9 billion in 2012. Although a record $3 billion was recovered in 2011 using the false claims act, it appears that many people in-the-know are predicting an even bigger 2012…three times bigger to be exact. Taxpayers […]
The Year 2011 Review: A New Record False Claims Act Recoveries
Earlier this week, the United States Department of Justice announced that slightly more than $3 billion was recovered in 2011 using the federal False Claims Act — this amount represents a new record for False Claims Act recoveries in a single year. […]
Fairfax County Circuit Court Clerk John Frey Jumps Into the Attorney General Race
Important news in the Virginia Attorney General race came in late this week — Fairfax County Circuit Court Clerk John Frey announced that he would seek the GOP nomination for Attorney General. The announcement came as a surprise to most, even those active in […]
More Candidates for Virginia Attorney General Jump Into the Fray
The 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General (which started last week) is now in full swing. The first Republican to announce his intent to seek the nomination was Mark Obenshain, and he was quickly followed by Rob Bell and Dave Foster. On the Democratic side, there […]
BREAKING NEWS: ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN CUCCINELLI TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IN 2013
It is that time again Virginia — the 2013 state-wide election cycle kicked off today with an “unofficial official” announcement that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is running for Governor of the Commonwealth in 2013. Anita Kumar at the Washington […]
SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR AWAY: THE ON-GOING SAGA OF MR. MCCANN AND HIS FAILED EFFORTS TO BRING STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASES IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA AGAINST BANK OF AMERICA FOR FAILURE TO ESCHEAT UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Today’s post is about a series of unsuccessful qui tam cases brought by a former Bank of America employee. Both cases were brought pursuant to state false claims act statutes (first in Florida and then in California) for an alleged […]
Remember the civil investigative demand served on UVa ?
This week Julian Walker over at The Virginian-Pilot brought us all up to date on an old story–namely the civil investigative demand served by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the University of Virginia. As readers may recall, Attorney General Cuccinelli, in a […]
TANSTAAFL: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, Kentucky. No Kentucky False Claims Act Means No Intervention…
This week the State of Kentucky learned the oldest wisdom in the world — There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch…. Kentucky has no state false claims act, and so they don’t get to reap the benefits that […]