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===[https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act False Claims Act]=== | ===[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 [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 False Claims Act also protects whistleblowers from retaliation. | The False Claims Act also [https://www.zuckermanlaw.com/false-claims-act-whistleblower-retaliation-lawyer/ 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. | The [https://www.zuckermanlaw.com/sp_faq/qui-tam-lawsuit/ 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. | ||
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# [https://web.archive.org/web/20220705180208/https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#Types_of_False_Claims_Prohibited_by_the_False_Claims_Act Types of False Claims Prohibited by the False Claims Act] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#False_Claims_Act_First-to-File_Bar False Claims Act First-to-File Bar] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#Filing_a_False_Claims_Act_Qui_Tam_Case_Under_Seal Filing a False Claims Act Qui Tam Case Under Seal] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#False_Claims_Act_Fraud_Violations False Claims Act Fraud Violations] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#Materiality_and_the_False_Claims_Act Materiality and the False Claims Act] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#False_Claims_Act_Statute_of_Limitations False Claims Act Statute of Limitations] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#False_Claims_Act_Authorizes_Treble_Damages False Claims Act Authorizes Treble Damages] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#Pleading_Qui_Tam_False_Claims_Act_Case_in_Detail Pleading Qui Tam False Claims Act Case in Detail] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#False_Claims_Act_Public_Disclosure_Bar False Claims Act Public Disclosure Bar] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#Scienter_Under_the_FCA_Does_Not_Require_Proof_of_Specific_Intent Scienter Under the FCA Does Not Require Proof of Specific Intent] | |||
# [https://whistleblower-rewards-and-protections-wiki.zuckermanlaw.com/index.php/False_Claims_Act#The_False_Claims_Act_Protects_Whistleblowers_from_Retaliation The False Claims Act Protects Whistleblowers from Retaliation] | |||