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# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/CFTC_Whistleblower_Program#Protections_Against_Whistleblower_Retaliation Protections Against Whistleblower Retaliation] | # [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/CFTC_Whistleblower_Program#Protections_Against_Whistleblower_Retaliation Protections Against Whistleblower Retaliation] | ||
# [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 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 False Claims Act also protects whistleblowers from retaliation. | |||
The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act have been enormously effective in enlisting private citizens to combat fraud against the government. Qui tam whistleblowers, also known as relators, have enabled the government to recover more than $60 billion. In fiscal year 2017 alone, qui tam actions brought by whistleblowers resulted in $3.4 billion in settlements and judgments, and the government paid $392 million in whistleblower awards to False Claims Act whistleblowers. | |||