{"id":164,"date":"2008-07-30T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2008\/07\/judges_address_new_state_false.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:50:50","slug":"judges_address_new_state_false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/judges_address_new_state_false\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges Address New State False Claims Act in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the annual &#8220;Continuing Judicial Education&#8221; conference in St. Simon&#8217;s Island, Georgia this week, I was honored to be invited to speak to the assembled judges about the new state False Claims Act in Georgia, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/new_whistleblower_law_on_medic_1\/\">State False Medicaid Claims Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/whistleblower_lawyer_blog_spec_1\/\">whistleblower lawyer blog <\/a>has written about extensively, there is a wave of new state False Claims Acts across the country, as Congress has urged states to replicate the dramatic successes of the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/the_false_claims_act_inspires_1\/\">False Claims Act <\/a>in stopping those who steal taxpayer funds.  <\/p>\n<p>In 2007 and 2008 to date, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin have joined the 16 other states that have enacted some version of the False Claims Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/judges_address_new_state_false\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Judges Address New State False Claims Act in Georgia\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the annual &#8220;Continuing Judicial Education&#8221; conference in St. Simon&#8217;s Island, Georgia this week, I was honored to be invited to speak to the assembled judges about the new state False Claims Act in Georgia, the State False Medicaid Claims Act. 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