Court Ordered Attorney’s Fees under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the federal False Claims Act
SCOTUS has issued two new opinions concerning court-awarded attorney’s fees in the last year or so, and since the new
Today the New Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act Goes Into Effect
New laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly in its regular session and signed by the Governor traditionally go into effect on July 1, and today is no different. Among the new laws going into effect today is the amended Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Virginia Code 8.01-216.1 et seq. In case anyone didn’t follow my posts…
Commonsense Steps State and Local Governments Can Take to Fight Fraud and Strengthen False Claims Act Enforcement
Regular readers know that the single most important step a state government can take to limit fraudulent requests for payment is to pass a state false claims act modeled on the federal False Claims Act. A state false claims act modeled on the federal FCA not only provides for treble damages, civil penalties, and mandatory attorney’s fees against those…
Interesting Reading from the Wall Street Journal…
Carrick Mollenkamp and Tom McGinty over at the Wall Street Journal did an article this week that may be of interest to readers … here are some links to the explanatory graphics on WSJ.com. Here is a link to a WaPo article when the story first broke.
Announcing the First New York State False Claims Act Conference
In a strong show of New York state’s support for its False Claims Act, today New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a CLE-certified conference on the strengthened New York False Claims Act. The conference will take place on June 8, 2011 at New York University Law School, and is open to everyone who…
Judge Payne says “Hire Local Counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia”
The Virginia Lawyers Weekly blog has an excellent post today on the importance of local counsel in the Rocket Docket. Indeed, lawyers outside the rocket docket are often unfamiliar with the speed and intensity of litigation in the E.D.Va., and little things–like the fact that a lawyer has to begin preparing trial exhibits during discovery, and exchange trial exhibits…