The False Claims Act (, also called the " Lincoln Law ") is an American federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies ( typically federal contractors ) who defraud governmental programs.

The government has recovered nearly $ 22 billion under the False Claims Act between 1987 ( after the significant 1986 amendments ) and 2008.

In response, Congress passed the False Claims Act on March 2, 1863,.

Because it was passed under the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, the False Claims Act is often referred to as the " Lincoln Law.

# Conspiring to commit any violation of the False Claims Act ;

The False Claims Act was amended in 1943 to, most notably, reduce the relator's share of the recovered proceeds.

Under the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice is authorized to pay rewards to those who report fraud against the federal government in an amount of between 15 and 30 percent of what it recovers based upon the whistleblower's report.

There are unique procedural requirements in False Claims Act cases.

# a complaint under the False Claims Act must be filed under seal ;

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One of the first laws that protected whistleblowers was the 1863 United States False Claims Act ( revised in 1986 ), which tried to combat fraud by suppliers of the United States government during the Civil War.

The first US law adopted specifically to protect whistleblowers was the 1863 United States False Claims Act ( revised in 1986 ), which tried to combat fraud by suppliers of the United States government during the Civil War.

Those who report a false claim against the federal government, and suffer adverse employment actions as a result, may have up to six years ( depending on state law ) to file a civil suit for remedies under the US False Claims Act ( FCA ).

Further, the Dodd-Frank Act strengthens the whistleblower protection provisions of the False Claims Act, and contains one of the strongest confidentiality provisions for whistleblowers ever enacted.

The California False Claims Act protects whistleblowers from retaliation from their employer under a section entitled: " Section 12653.

One example of a statutory exception to the prohibition of third party standing exists in the qui tam provision of the Civil False Claims Act.

Stevens, 529 U. S. 765 ( 2000 ), the United States Supreme Court endorsed the " partial assignment " approach to qui tam relator standing to sue under the False Claims Act — allowing private individuals to sue on behalf of the U. S. government for injuries suffered solely by the government.

* False Claims Act

* False Claims Act

The government investigation of GSK was launched largely on the basis of information provided by four whistleblowers who filed two qui tam ( whistleblower ) lawsuits against the company under the False Claims Act.

GSK settled the whistleblowers ’ lawsuits for a total of $ 1. 017 billion out of the $ 3 billion settlement, the largest civil False Claims Act settlement to date.

The US government had sued Shleifer under the False Claims Act, as he bought Russian stocks while designing the country's privatisation.

War profiteering cases are often brought under the Civil False Claims Act, which was enacted in 1863 to combat war profiteering during the Civil War.

The remaining $ 1 billion of the fine was paid to resolve allegations under the civil False Claims Act case and is the largest civil fraud settlement against a pharmaceutical company.

* False Claims Act, United States federal law

The failure to properly disclosure property ownership is a violation of the Ethics in Government Act and the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996.

Vasili IV of Russia (, Vasíliy Ivánovich Shúyskiy, other transliterations: Vasiliy, Vasily, Vasilii ) ( 22 September 155212 September 1612 ) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitriy I.

False Dmitriy (, Lžedmitrij ) is a term that refers to the pretenders to the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles who claimed to be Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, after the real Dmitriy's death at the age of eight.

False Dmitry II ( died 11 December 1610 ) (, other transliterations: Dmitriy, Dmitri, Dmitrii ), also called the rebel of Tushino, was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible.

Fish Hoek (, meaning either Fish Corner, Fish Glen or fish-hook ) is a coastal town at the eastern end of the Fish Hoek Valley on the False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town, South Africa.

Less experienced than Louis V, he was also challenged by the " False Waldemar ", an impostor who claimed Brandenburg and got support from several cities and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV until the Wittelsbachs came to terms with Charles.

Some may also be stalked like the Podaxis pistillaris which is also called the False Shaggy Mane.

Punk Rock band The Blood also recorded a track titled " Mesrine " on their 1983 False Gestures For A Devious Public LP.

False memories may be the result of recovered memory therapy, a term also defined by the FMSF in the early 1990s, which describes a range of therapy methods that are prone to creating confabulations.

False memories can also be accounted for by the generation effect, which is an observable phenomena where repeated exposure to a belief, suggestion, or false information is better remembered with each subsequent generation.

False positives also mean greater expense, both for the individual woman, and for the screening program.

The most notable of these usurpations are the mummy bands and the canopic coffins .< ref > Reeves, C. N., < cite > The Valley of the Kings </ cite > ( Kegan Paul, 1990 ) p. 60 </ ref > It has also been noted that the features of the canopic stoppers and the second coffin do not resemble those of Tutankhamen and it has been suggested that these too had originally been intended for Akhenaten's co-regent .< ref > Reeves, C. N., < cite > Akhenaten, Egypt's False Prophet </ cite > ( Thames and Hudson, 2001 ) p. 179 </ ref >

Venerable Yin Shun also introduced a threefold classification for Buddhist teachings which designates this school as Xūwàng Wéishí Xì ( " False Imagination Mere Consciousness System ").

* False Object Sensor comp LP / CD-song " Cornflower Blue " with Daniel Littleton of The Hated and Ida, and Michael Littleton of Ida ( 2001, Vermiform — also appears on The Hated " unreleased songs " bootleg LP )

False morels are also sold prepared and canned, in which case they are ready to be used.

Six of the larger species in the Delphinidae, the Orca and the Pilot ( long-finned and short-finned ), Melon-headed, Pygmy Killer and False Killer Whales, are commonly called whales, rather than dolphins ; they are also sometimes collectively known as " blackfish ".

False positives may also appear on tests used past their expiration date.

" Winnicott saw this as an unconscious process: not only others but also the person himself would mistake his False Self for his real personality.

False autobiographical memory takes place when suggestions or additional outside information is provided to distort and change memory of events ; this can also lead to false memory syndrome.

A number of his works have parts for magnetic tape, including Cantus Arcticus ( 1972, also known as Concerto for Birds & Orchestra ) for taped bird song and orchestra, and True and False Unicorn ( 1971, second version 1974, revised 2001 – 02 ), the final version of which is for three reciters, choir, orchestra and tape.

It is also called Hiba, False aborvitae, or Hiba arborvitae.

False titles are also sometimes connected to self-styled orders of chivalry.

* At the end of False News Travel Fast, Jani Liimatainen plays a riff that is closely similar to the main riff of the song Speed Of Light by Stratovarius ( a similar riff is also used in Future Shock ).

False spiritual knowledge can also be iniquitous, generated from an evil rather than a holy source.

The False Creek Ferries and Aquabus also serve the stadium, docking at the nearby Edgewater Casino.

' Three False Prophets: Plato-Hegel-Marx ' and ' A Critique of Political Philosophy ' were also considered and rejected ).

False awakenings often preceded lucidity as a cue, but they could also follow the realization of lucidity, often losing it in the process.

False precision ( also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious accuracy ) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner that implies better precision than is actually the case ; since precision is a limit to accuracy, this often leads to overconfidence in the accuracy as well.