qui tam造句

• The law worked : About 1, 100 qui tam claims have been filed since 1986, compared to 20 in the previous decade.
• Before 1986, the law flatly barred whistleblowers from filing qui tam claims if they involved fraud allegations that the government already knew about.
• With his own money, he flew to Kansas City and hired a law firm, but one with little experience with qui tam cases.
• The dispute involves a practice known as " qui tam " lawsuits, which dates from a Civil War effort to fight procurement fraud.
• In 2010 EDMC contested a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act alleging fraudulently obtained student loans and other Federal financial aid.
• The suit is a so-called " qui tam " case, in which a private citizen files a lawsuit on behalf of the federal government.
• Rules governing " qui tam " claims were eased by Congress in 1986 to encourage more people to blow the whistle on taxpayer ripoffs.
• Qui tam is an abbreviation for a Latin term that means " he who acts as much for the king as for himself ."
• The number of whistleblower claims against government contractors has skyrocketed since Congress in 1986 approved changes making it easier to file qui tam cases.
• About 1, 100 qui tam claims have been filed in the decade since the 1986 amendment, compared to 20 in the previous 10 years.