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 […]
Another recovery for the Commonwealth of Virginia under VFATA
Another recovery for the Commonwealth of Virginia under VFATA What was that I was recently saying about recoveries under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act? Oh yes, that actually prevailing in a VFATA lawsuit […]
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Settlement with UPS
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Settlement with UPS As regular readers know, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has shown considerable interest in enforcing the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. He has taken steps to […]
Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit for VFATA claims
Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit for VFATA claims Following on the heels of my last post – which covered the Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receiving the Honest Abe Award from Taxpayers Against […]
Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Receives “Honest Abe” Award at Fourteenth Annual TAF Conference
Update from the Fourteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference: Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Receives a Well-Deserved Award and Attorney General Mark Herring Announces a Major Intervention The Fourteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund […]
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 […]
UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE TANKS AND STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACTS
UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE TANKS AND STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACTS Today’s post looks at an area unique to state false claims act statutes – namely, qui tam actions alleging false claims and fraud against state […]
Proposed changes to federal rules of civil procedure are a bad idea for many reasons
Proposed changes to federal rules of civil procedure are a bad idea…for many reasons I wanted to make all readers aware of some proposed changes to the federal rules of civil procedure, and explain in […]
After Six Years of Blogging About Qui Tam I Won’t Start Doing Apology Posts Now…
The apology post is a time-honored tradition in the world of blogging, but its one tradition I won’t be adopting … The apology post usually goes something like this: “Gee, I am sorry to disappoint […]
Fourth Circuit Issues Important New Opinion in U. S. ex rel Bunk — Part I
Fourth Circuit Issues Important New Opinion on civil penalties in U. S. ex rel Bunk At the end of December the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an important — […]