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# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/CFTC_Whistleblower_Program#CFTC_Prohibits_.E2.80.9CGag_Clauses.E2.80.9D_in_Confidentiality_and_Employment_Agreements CFTC Prohibits “Gag Clauses” in Confidentiality and Employment Agreements] | # [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/CFTC_Whistleblower_Program#CFTC_Prohibits_.E2.80.9CGag_Clauses.E2.80.9D_in_Confidentiality_and_Employment_Agreements CFTC Prohibits “Gag Clauses” in Confidentiality and Employment Agreements] | ||
==[https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act False Claims Act]== | |||
The [https://www.zuckermanlaw.com/false-claims-act-resources-corporate-whistleblowers/ False Claims Act] authorizes whistleblowers, also known as qui tam “relators,” to bring suits on behalf of the United States against the false claimant and obtain a portion of the recovery, otherwise known as a relator share. The phrase “qui tam” is short for qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, meaning “who [qui] sues in this matter for the king as well as [tam] for himself.” U.S. ex rel. Bogina v. Medline Indus., Inc., 809 F.3d 365, 368 (7th Cir. 2016). | The [https://www.zuckermanlaw.com/false-claims-act-resources-corporate-whistleblowers/ False Claims Act] authorizes whistleblowers, also known as qui tam “relators,” to bring suits on behalf of the United States against the false claimant and obtain a portion of the recovery, otherwise known as a relator share. The phrase “qui tam” is short for qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, meaning “who [qui] sues in this matter for the king as well as [tam] for himself.” U.S. ex rel. Bogina v. Medline Indus., Inc., 809 F.3d 365, 368 (7th Cir. 2016). |