Qui tam legal theory goes back almost 600 years to English Common Law and the practice of suing on behalf of the government. While there are some definite shades of the principle’s use in early colonial law, the codification of qui tam principals came out of an...
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Qui tam complaints evolved from a 1777 whistleblower case
People who become whistleblowers file a “qui tam” complaint under the False Claims Act. Everyone is familiar with whistleblowers in modern times but may not know that the first documented case went forward in 1777 and involved two naval officers. Whistleblowing...
Do you have knowledge of health care provider fraud?
Perhaps you are a new employee working in the billing department of a busy medical office. You are beginning to note some discrepancies between the services provided and the services billed. Are these simple errors, or are employees defrauding the government?...