September 22, 2009
Recent CRS Reports on Qui Tam
- Qui Tam: The False Claims Act and Related Federal Statutes, August 6, 2009 - "Qui tam enlists the public in the recovery of civil penalties and forfeitures. It rewards with a portion of the recovered proceeds those who sue in the government’s name. A creature of antiquity, once common, today qui tam lives on in federal law only in the False Claims Act and in two minor examples found in patent and Indian protection laws."
- Qui Tam: An Abbreviated Look at the False Claims Act and Related Federal Statutes, August 6, 2009.
