Blog Author Zachary Kitts Announces Second-Largest Settlement in Virginia for 2021
VaQuiTamLaw.com Announces Qui Tam was Second-Largest Settlement for 2021 The results are in folks, and I am pleased to announce that my firm’s previously-announced qui tam settlement in United States ex rel. Bishop v. Level […]
Fraudulent heating costs charged to state and local governments in New York
Fraudulent heating costs charged to state and local governments in New York lead to False Claims Act Settlement This month saw a new and innovative false claims act case make its way out of […]
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Case Settles for $63 million
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Case Settles for $63 million What is true in sports is also true in other contexts — records, dear readers, were made to be broken. For a number of […]
Davita Dialysis Centers settle non-intervened qui tam lawsuit for $495 million
Davita Dialysis Centers settle non-intervened qui tam lawsuit for $495 million Regular readers might recall my post on an epic discovery battle fought in the Northern District of Georgia. Today, I am happy to […]
Obama Announces New Attorney General Pick
Obama Announces New Attorney General Pick to replace Eric Holder Political disclaimer — this is a non-political blog dedicated to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and to False Claims Act/qui tam litigation […]
When can a qui tam whistleblower share in an alternate remedy?
When can a qui tam whistleblower share in an alternate remedy? Today’s post is another in our on-going series concerning the requirements for being a successful qui tam relator. More specifically, it looks […]
Virginia’s surplus is due in part to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act
What was that I was saying recently about Virginia’s qui tam settlements funding government services across the Commonwealth? Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced this week that Virginia has a budget-surplus for FY 2013 in […]
Virginia’s billion dollar settlement with Abbott Labs funds law enforcement across the Commonwealth
Regular readers may recall Virginia’s 2012 settlement with Abbott Labs to the tune of $1.5 billion, which was and still is the largest qui tam/False Claims Act settlement anywhere. The case originated in the U.S. […]
Interesting Opinion on Lawyer Contingency Fees … And Proof that no good deed goes unpunished.
Interesting Opinion on Lawyer Contingency Fees … And Proof that no good deed goes unpunished. An interesting opinion was issued a few days ago in the U.S. District Court for the District of […]
A Happy Belated Birthday for the federal False Claims Act!
I had a five-day jury trial last week (i.e., March 4-8) so I apologize for missing the 150th birthday of the federal false claims act on March 2, 2013. I received the […]