Litigation
Oct. 21, 2006
Twenty Years Later, False Claims Amendments Keep Working
FORUM COLUMN - By Mark Labaton - Oct. 27 marks the 20th anniversary of Congress' passage of the 1986 amendments to the federal False Claims Act, a Civil War-era statute empowering citizens and the Justice Department to combat fraud.
Forum Column
By Mark Labaton
Oct. 27 marks the 20th anniversary of Congress' passage of the 1986 amendments to the federal False Claims Act, a Civil War-era statute empowering citizens and the Justice Department to combat fraud. It is an anniversary worth remembering.
The amendments received scant attention when they were passed. But they hav...
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