Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Appeals Ruling on Civil Investigative Demand to University of Virginia
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has
Proving an objective falsehood is the key to success under the FCA
One of the keys to a successful qui tam practice is the ability to sort through potential cases and pick only the winners. This is true of any contingency fee practice, but it is even more important in the FCA context. This is because unlike other types of contingency work, most of the work on a qui tam must be done prior to filing. So what does a qui tam lawyer look for? One crucial element to the success of any case is the need for an “objective falsehood.”
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Breaks New Ground Yet Again with the September Issue of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Newsletter
I am pleased to announce that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and his award-winning Medicaid Fraud Control Unit have again broken new ground in their efforts to protect Virginia’s taxpayers and root out fraud, waste, and abuse in our state government. I am referring to the
Pick your own title: “Former UVa Scientist Michael Mann is Proven Correct, and Human Activity Really is Causing the Earth to Warm” or “Virginia Circuit Court Judge Sets Aside Portions of Civil Investigative Demand”
Maybe the dual titles are a lousy attempt at humor–but as I often tell my clients, the jokes are for me, the rest is for you. Yesterday, the news broke that the Circuit Court for Albemarle County had set aside portions of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s civil investigative demand, which sought certain information related…
Hearing to be held on UVa’s challenge to the OAG’s civil investigative demand this Friday, August 20, 2010, at 2:00 PM
As regular readers know, this Friday, the Circuit Court for Albermarle County is set to hear argument on the University of Virginia’s motion to quash Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s civil investigative demand pursuant to Virginia Code 8.01-216.7(D). The strategy of Mann and UVa has been simple since day one–they have continually sought to…