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15 Apr 6:42 am
... "one candidate stood out at those debates. One candidate demonstrated an understanding of the office, an understanding of the issues and an
understanding of how to win this campaign. That candidate was John Brownlee. "I have ... John, I served in the U.S. Attorney's
office. Like the Virginia Attorney General's
office, the U.S. Attorney's office deals with
much more ... They understand his abilities and why he would be a great Attorney General. That's why John has been endorsed by so
many Sheriffs and ...
27 Oct, 2007 1:55 pm
Here is the amicus brief recently filed by the Virginia Attorney General's
office in the Miller-Jenkins custody case, which does not address the procedural issues that might sidetrack the appeal now before the
Virginia Supreme Court.
11 Feb, 2008 4:31 pm
... institution. "We never will prevent all disastrous murders such as we saw at Virginia Tech and the Omaha Von Maur store," Miller said, "but
this would ... federal data bank and refuse sales to persons on the list. However, following the Virginia Tech mass murders, examination of
compliance showed that most states, including Iowa ... Iowans: 8. Create an Older-Iowan Financial Fraud Prosecution Unit in the Attorney
General's Office. In a state with a large and growing elderly population, surprisingly few ...
28 Nov, 2008 2:51 pm
Q: Is It Necessary for the Virginia Attorney General to File A Complaint Under Seal when the
Office initiates a case on its own, without a relator? A: In a word, no. The answer to this question raises a larger issue, however--namely,
why is a ... civil enforcement of the VFATA by the Attorney General and a qui tam claim. Among them is the lack of seal requirement for
OAG-initiated cases. The seal requirement is intended primarily to protect the Government's interests. If private relators and their ...
3 Feb 2:33 am
... . No big surprise there--for the last thirty years, no Virginia Attorney General has
served more than three years in office. Julian Walker at the PilotOnline has the story. IMHO, Bob McDonnell has done a fine job as AG, and he
has been a ... improvement over his predecessors in many ways. It appears that Bill Mims, McDonnell's chief deputy, is poised to take the reins. Because the General
Assembly is in session, the decision will be confirmed by them, and Mims is expected ...
17 Feb 11:55 pm
... credit for interjecting this major point into the Attorney General debates--because that credit belongs to John Brownlee, who first
made the pledge to change the tradition of the one-term AG--I feel strongly that Virginia will better off in the long run as ... not by
accident, of course--Brownlee has the deepest reservoir of legal knowledge, has the most experience running a large office of litigators, and
the most experience with the sort of issues our state AG will face in the coming years. It is ...
13 Jan 1:28 am
... we focus on the most important race to qui tam practice in Virginia--i.e., the race for Virginia
Attorney General--and on the qualifications of the individuals seeking the office. At this
point, there are four men in the running to be Virginia's next ... for Brownlee's candidacy emerges from the fact that he has
extensive federal court experience. One of the Virginia Attorney General's specific
statutory duties is to represent the Commonwealth in all federal court litigation. Several things speak ...
20 May 5:42 am
... s race, and will continue to do so up through the primary and into the general election in November. The 2009 Virginia
Attorney Generals' race is important to this blog because the ... against fraud, waste and abuse, and because the policing of our
state's budget and reducing fraud, waste, and abuse is too important to be left ... , and because he accomplished these things with an office much, much smaller than the Attorney General's office. It also important to understand that Brownlee was appointed U. ...
23 Dec, 2007 9:00 pm
... and underage drinking), suing the D.C. government, defending businesses against enforcement of D.C.'s adult entertainment regulations, and dealing with D.C.'s
alcoholic beverage regulatory maze. The D.C. Attorney General's Office for long
stretches of time has been plagued by underfunding and understaffing. Once during oral ... Linda Singer has resigned as attorney
general, being replaced in the interim by Mayor Fenty's general counsel Peter Nickles, who lives in rural Virginia. In
trying to do t' ...
27 Feb 7:44 pm
... he is the early favorite to become Virginia's next Governor. In my opinion, McDonnell has been by far the best Virginia Attorney General in a generation. Mims is a fine ... McDonnell show why the next Attorney General of Virginia absolutely must make real changes to that office, and why Virginians can no longer afford to have ... answer is simple. The money is coming from the proceeds of qui tam cases prosecuted under the
Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the Federal False Claims Act. As the press ...
30 Jan 10:05 am
Given that the last few posts have concerned the OxyContin prosecutions led by Attorney General Bob McDonnell and former U.S.
Attorney John Brownlee, today's OAG press release was perfect timing. Today, Virginia
Attorney General Bob McDonnell awarded a small slice of the money Virginia recovered from
Purdue Pharma. A little over $650,000 of the $634 million recovered in the OxyContin prosecutions was awarded to three worthy causes in rural Virginia. Click here to read the OAG press release.
3 Apr, 2008 1:39 am
... election to a higher office. There have been mentions, of course. An excellent presentation was given the Finance Committee of the
Virginia Senate, for example, on the Purdue Settlement, which accounted for tens of millions of dollars being returned to Virginia taxpayers. But as ... . To do so ignores the hard work and dedication of Virginia's world-class
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the entire Office of the Attorney General. But it also ignores
the possibilities for the Commonwealth if civil ...
31 Jan, 2008 5:21 am
... million to nine states (Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) and the District of
Columbia. Under the settlement, Texas will receive approximately $3.7 million. Specifically, ... its business practices, including disclosing to its customers the precise amount of
compensation it pays to insurance brokers." The Attorney General's Office reports that
its investigation found that "AIG participated in deceptive insurance bid-rigging, price-fixing ...
28 Oct, 2007 7:20 am
The West Virginia Record, the pro-business, Chamber of Commerce funded, publication reports that the U .S. Chamber of Commerce's
Institute for Legal Reform on Wednesday proposed a new code of conduct for state attorneys general. The Chamber has directed its ire for some time against lawyers
representing those who are injured, and now they have spread their net to influence the manner in which the chief law enforcement ...
16 Sep, 2008 1:30 pm
Virginia's award-winning Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) today published a new brochure designed to inform the public about its
mission and goals. Click here to view the brochure. I strongly ... in the Commonwealth will reap great benefits from increased efforts to educate and inform the public about the causes
of action available under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. In addition to the obvious increase in monetary recoveries that will
accompany such efforts, the increased threat of ...
21 Mar 4:41 am
... News and Advance provides a great chance to look at some potential uses of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act by the Virginia Attorney General's Office. We will also examine how
qui tam relators can come forward in ... the state grant." The Foundation was required to raise $3.5 million in private money in order to participate in the Virginia grant program--that requirement was a condition of participation, just a like a requirement in a contract. Conditions of participation contain
important ...
17 Oct, 2007 8:35 am
... Timothy M. Kaine (D) to halt the proceeding, arguing that it would be wrong to execute Emmett with a method that might be deemed unconstitutional. And: The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond has twice declined to halt the execution, and the Virginia attorney general's office is urging the Supreme Court to do the same. "The procedures Virginia uses to carry out death sentences by lethal injection have been reviewed ...
13 May 7:45 am
... . 3730(b)(2), famously require a qui tam plaintiff (or "relator" as plaintiff's are known in the parlance of qui tam) to serve a written disclosure memorandum and all ...
only then, should the relator file his complaint under seal with the Court. The matching Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act provision, which
is identical to the federal statute, is found ... provisions of Va. Code 8.01-216.5 apply to the Virginia Attorney General's Office. In other words, would the OAG need to file a self-initiated ...
18 Oct, 2007 7:50 am
... death row inmate. Justice Antonin Scalia dissented from that decision, saying that the appeals court applied the "mistaken premise" that the court's decision to take
Baze"calls for the stay of every execution in which an individual raises an Eighth Amendment challenge to the ... option, 70 condemned men have selected injection and just a handful the
electric chair. The Virginia attorney general's office said that Virginia's procedures have been repeatedly upheld in the courts. Just last month, a ...
16 Oct, 2007 8:42 am
... high court agreed to hear challenges to the constitutionality of lethal-injection procedures in Kentucky, procedures similar to those used in Virginia and other states that use lethal injection. There was an execution in Texas on Sept. 25 but none in ... rules on whether lethal injection constitutes
cruel and unusual punishment. In papers filed yesterday, the Virginia attorney
general's office urged the justices to reject the request for a stay, arguing it was foot-dragging. Emmett, the state says ...
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