Rebecca Hegazy

Nov 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Elizabeth Raulston |Rebecca Hegazy

The False Claims Act ("FCA") is intended to fight fraud against the U.S. Government, allowing the Attorney General to enforce it but also enabling private citizens, or "relators," to file lawsuits under its controversial "qui tam" provisions (the "Provisions"). In 2023, in a Supreme Court decision, Justice Clarence Thomas raised constitutional concerns about the Provisions in his dissenting opinion in United States ex rel. Polansky v.