STATE SEN. OBENSHAIN CONCEDES DEFEAT IN ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future, and I for one am glad to announce that the Attorney General’s race has indeed ended in a win. Previously, I had said that this […]
Virginia’s Next Attorney General Should Focus on the War on Fraud
With a recount pending in Virginia’s Attorney General race, Virginians will not know for several more weeks whether Democrat Mark Herring or Republican Mark Obenshain will be Virginia’s next Attorney General. This much, however, […]
Race for Virginia Attorney General continues…
Race for Virginia Attorney General continues… Republicans and Democrats across the Commonwealth of Virginia are bracing for a re-count and lawyering up as the race for Virginia Attorney General continues. Here is what […]
The Virginia Attorney General race continues….
The Virginia Attorney General race between Mary Herring and Mark Obenshain continues, and is likely to continue for some weeks yet as both candidates lawyer up and continue to canvass the Commonwealth. As of […]
A Look at the Obenshain and Herring Campaigns for Virginia Attorney General, Part III…(And this may indeed be the final part)
As readers know, this is a lawyer blog that is completely a-political, or at least I try to keep it a-political. The Office of the Attorney General is however very important to qui […]
BREAKING NEWS IN THE 2013 RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: Virginia Democrats Nominate state Senator Mark Herring for Attorney General
BREAKING NEWS IN THE 2013 RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: Virginia Democrats Nominate state Senator Mark Herring for Attorney General Yesterday Virginia Democrats selected state Senator Mark Herring as their nominee for the 2013 […]
Checking in on the 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General…
Checking in on the 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General… The 2013 race for Virginia Attorney General seems to have been uneventful so far, at least when compared with the 2009 primaries. The […]
Overview of state methods for using the money recovered from state false claims act prosecutions
As regular readers are well aware, recoveries under the federal False Claims Act have, for the last four years, been record-breaking. In FY 2012, nearly $5 billion (to be exact, it was $4.959 billion) was recovered in settlements and judgments […]
The more the merrier — two more Virginia Democrats throw thier hats into the ring in the 2013 Attorney General race
In the last several weeks, two more lawyers joined the race for Attorney General in 2013 on the Democratic side of the ball. The first, Justin Fairfax, currently serves as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]