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By: Ragspierre

Ragspierre — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:53:09 +0000

Gov. Bill Ritter turned down a $75-an-hour offer from the Colorado attorney general’s office to handle legal matters regarding the disbursement of federal stimulus funds, instead hiring his former law partners for up to six times that cost. . . .

Ritter hired Hogan & Hartson through a no-bid contract. So far, the firm has been paid $40,000 from federal funds. . . .

Myung Oak Kim, spokeswoman for the governor’s economic-recovery team, said Hogan & Hartson was the right firm for the job.

Denver Post

OT, but certainly related…

By: cheapseat

cheapseat — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:45:22 +0000

a few simple rules about lawyers and lawsuits fix the problem
1) loser pays winners expenses and amount of suit.
2) losing lawyer pays winning lawyers fees and expenses.
3) any suit thrown out by court is deemed a loser, hence must pay.
4) no class action lawsuits. if a person doesn’t have a claim worth pursuing, the court is the wrong venue to modify behavior. the police are the venue to stop inappropriate behavior.
5) no pain and suffering damages over a set amount, no triple damages for intentional torts, seek criminal redress, no damage awards for death greater than the present value of the average american’s wages over their expected lifespan, unless documented that they are presently earning high wages.

these rule changes would bring sanity and efficiency back into the courts. we have some bitty in alaska with a bone up her butt about sarah palin filing suit after suit for ethics violations, because it costs her the price of the paper and filing, while it costs palin and alaska a fortune to defend. this is criminal behavior, and needs to be stopped. making this person pony up the thousands that palin’s lawyers are charging would probably stop this nonsense immediately.

By: chapoutier

chapoutier — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:11:06 +0000

Qui tams have to be expressly authorized by statute. And this is a different type of claim than those covered under the Fraud Act. This is to recover funds expended by Medicare to pay for health care that was necessitated by a defendant. Like, for example, someone on Medicare gets hit by a car and breaks their leg. Medicare pays and then can go after either the plaintiff to recover a portion of whatever money the plainitiff get from the defendant via settlement or judgment, or go after the defendant directly.

Could not qui tam lawsuits be considered as government-sanctioned vigilantism…or, perhaps, an activity not too dissimilar from bounty hunting?

Yes. It is essentially the same thing as bounty hunting. Which have good arguments for and against. I’ve no issue with someone having a philosophical argument against these types of suits, but there are some tangible benefits to the taxpayer as well that should be weighed.