BREAKING NEWS: ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN CUCCINELLI TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IN 2013
It is that time again Virginia — the 2013 state-wide election cycle kicked off today with an “unofficial official” announcement that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is running for Governor of the Commonwealth in 2013. Anita Kumar at the Washington Post (usually referred to in this blog as WaPo) has the scoop as does…
SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR AWAY: THE ON-GOING SAGA OF MR. MCCANN AND HIS FAILED EFFORTS TO BRING STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASES IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA AGAINST BANK OF AMERICA FOR FAILURE TO ESCHEAT UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Today’s post is about a series of unsuccessful qui tam cases brought by a former Bank of America employee. Both cases were brought pursuant to state false claims act statutes (first in Florida and then in California) for an alleged failure on the part of Bank of America to escheat uncashed checks to the…
Remember the civil investigative demand served on UVa ?
This week Julian Walker over at The Virginian-Pilot brought us all up to date on an old story–namely the civil investigative demand served by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the University of Virginia. As readers may recall, Attorney General Cuccinelli, in a routine grant fraud investigation, served a CID University of Virginia seeking records related to Michael…
Introducing a Dynamic New Tool from HHS-OIG
The folks at the Department of Health and Human Services (Office of the Inspector General) unveiled this snazzy new interactive map this week. Ever wonder how much federal money Kansas or New Mexico get for Medicaid? Well, here is your answer…
A Giant Leap Forward for Virginia Courts….
The Virginia Lawyers Weekly blog has an important post today about the
Can You Still Believe That Some States Don’t Have a State False Claims Act?
The Nevada News Bureau did an excellent piece today on the