Personal Injury Law

False Claims Act (Qui tam) Law) under Review, Congress to Expand Whistleblower Incentives in Fed Fraud Lawsuits

To ensure stimulus package moneys are properly used, the False Claims Act may see its greatest expansion since the False Claims Act Amendments of 1986.

The False Claims Act, also known as Lincoln?s Law for the laws established to reduce the rampant fraudulent billing during the Civil War, was created to punish misuse of government funds and recover lost government moneys by establishing a financial incentive for whistleblowers. These whistleblowers, known as relators, receive special protections under the False Claims Act and are allowed up to 30% of government recoveries under what is known as qui tam provisions.

Full post as published by Tennessee Law Blog on April 07, 2009 (boomark / email).