The purpose of this exclusion is to prevent qui
tam lawsuits based on information available to the general public.
We also protect the rights of fraud whistleblowers in qui
tam lawsuits.
If outside of Georgia, call (478) 796-9380 to learn about our nationwide legal representation for qui
tam lawsuits.
To learn more about False Claims Act litigation or to schedule a confidential consultation about a potential qui
tam lawsuit, please contact our experienced lawyers in Chicago at 312-930-5600 or Arizona at 480-427-7444 today!
Not exact matches
The whistleblower — or «qui
tam» — provisions of the D.C. False Claims Act allow private citizens to bring
lawsuits on behalf of the District and to share in any recovery that is obtained.
A qui
tam claim is one form of a whistleblower case where a
lawsuit is filed by a private citizen on behalf of the state or federal government against a person or business that is allegedly defrauding an arm of the state or federal government.
Among its findings is an explosion of abusive M&A litigation with multiple extortionate
lawsuits filed within days of any major corporate announcement, a near doubling of False Claim Act qui
tam litigation over just four years, and a questionable surge of
lawsuits claiming that asbestos exposure resulted in workers developing lung cancer.
In the wake of the recent financial services and housing crisis we have been at the forefront of trend - setting
lawsuits and investigations of critical importance to the financial services industry — from class actions and commercial litigation to securities enforcement matters, whistleblower / qui
tam issues, business methods patent matters, white collar issues, labor and employment (individual and class action) matters, noncompete agreements, and government regulatory matters and investigations.