Attorney’s Fee Awards in Virginia State Courts
Attorney’s Fee Awards in Virginia State Courts As regular readers know, in addition to handling fee-shifting cases of my own, I am often asked to serve as an expert witness in litigation over reasonable […]
A Brief History of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Part IV — City of Richmond vs. McDevitt Street Bovis
Today is another entry in my occassional series on the history of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Today, we take a look at an important SCOVA case that caused some influential […]
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 […]
One way to handle the other side’s resistance to paying attorney’s fees – “We’re made from rubber, and you’re made from glue….”
One way to handle the other side’s resistance to paying attorney’s fees – “We’re made from rubber, and you’re made from glue….” As regular readers know, I take an interest in fee-shifting litigation […]
Building a Precedent — First Recovery for a Local Government Employee under the Anti-Retaliation Provisions of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act
K&G Law Group is pleased to announce the first ever recovery for a state and local government employee under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act’s anti-retaliation provisions. The story was picked up by Virginia […]
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 […]
Update on the State Legislative Front — Maryland Delegate Sam Arora Introduces the Maryland False Claims Act of 2013
As January 2013 winds to a close, virtually all 50 states have their legislative sessions in full swing. With the notable exception of Maryland, things to be quiet on the state legislative front. In Maryland, Del. Sam Arora has introduced […]
Important new opinion from the E.D.Va. on the topic of attorney’s fee awards
As regular readers know, one of the recurring themes on this blog is litigation under fee-shifting statutes (and for that matter, fee-shifting provisions in contracts). The federal False Claims Act (and our state version of the FCA, the Virginia Fraud […]