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False Claims Act
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 7:14 pm
by Gifted Hands
I've heard that the false claims act is one of the most unknown
lucrative areas of law. Apparently, the act incentives whistleblowers on contractors that fraud the gov't. And that person gets 10% and you get a contingency fee. Any one hear of this? He said this could be be done by a solo practitioner.
For example, you work for Lockheed martin and notice that your co. is overcharging or doing some shady shit that's milking the gov't, you can now have standing as an individual basically
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 4:58 am
by november3
Yeah, I almost clerked for a solo practitioner this summer in my small town who exclusively does false claims act. He calls himself a "false claims act nerd," apparently it's really interesting stuff! They are qui tam cases brought by citizens on behalf of the gov't and I think the gov't decides whether they want to intervene or let the citizen & their attorney do it
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 8:11 am
by kellyfrost
Gifted Hands wrote:I've heard that the false claims act is one of the most unknown lucrative areas of law. Apparently, the act incentives whistleblowers on contractors that fraud the gov't. And that person gets 10% and you get a contingency fee. Any one hear of this? He said this could be be done by a solo practitioner.
For example, you work for Lockheed martin and notice that your co. is overcharging or doing some shady shit that's milking the gov't, you can now have standing as an individual basically
I think you need to read up on the false claims act and do some more research before diving in head first.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 8:46 am
by DELG
So where are you going to find whistleblowers
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 9:52 am
by pancakes3
kellyfrost wrote:Gifted Hands wrote:I've heard that the false claims act is one of the most unknown lucrative areas of law. Apparently, the act incentives whistleblowers on contractors that fraud the gov't. And that person gets 10% and you get a contingency fee. Any one hear of this? He said this could be be done by a solo practitioner.
For example, you work for Lockheed martin and notice that your co. is overcharging or doing some shady shit that's milking the gov't, you can now have standing as an individual basically
I think you need to read up on the false claims act and do some more research before diving in head first.
Also, "fraud" is a noun, not a verb.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:43 am
by jdmonkey
Gifted Hands wrote:I've heard that the false claims act is one of the most unknown lucrative areas of law. Apparently, the act incentives whistleblowers on contractors that fraud the gov't. And that person gets 10% and you get a contingency fee. Any one hear of this? He said this could be be done by a solo practitioner.
For example, you work for Lockheed martin and notice that your co. is overcharging or doing some shady shit that's milking the gov't, you can now have standing as an individual basically
Under Sarbanes Oxley the whistleblower has a duty to report misconduct to his superiors. He is only supposed to go outside of the organization when his superiors know and don't act. So that would prob. lead to fewer cases as the problems would be fixed internally.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:12 pm
by Gifted Hands
DELG wrote:So where are you going to find whistleblowers
easy: advertisements
Do YOU know of of corruption going on at your workplace, call the "strong arm"
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:23 pm
by DELG
Gifted Hands wrote:DELG wrote:So where are you going to find whistleblowers
easy: advertisements
Do YOU know of of corruption going on at your workplace, call the "strong arm"
lol can you imagine doing intake for this
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:24 pm
by Gifted Hands
DELG wrote:Gifted Hands wrote:DELG wrote:So where are you going to find whistleblowers
easy: advertisements
Do YOU know of of corruption going on at your workplace, call the "strong arm"
lol can you imagine doing intake for this
correction: Do you know of corruption and can present evidence, call the strong arm.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:34 pm
by DELG
Gifted Hands wrote:DELG wrote:Gifted Hands wrote:DELG wrote:So where are you going to find whistleblowers
easy: advertisements
Do YOU know of of corruption going on at your workplace, call the "strong arm"
lol can you imagine doing intake for this
correction: Do you know of corruption and can present evidence, call the strong arm.
*And sell to the government in some capacity
*And already reported it internally but they didn't do anything
*And you actually know they didn't do anything vs you just being confused
Not exactly a snappy billboard, and also most people are raging idiots who still won't get it and will call you about their boss at McDonald's stealing chicken nuggets.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:35 pm
by Gifted Hands
DELG wrote:Gifted Hands wrote:DELG wrote:Gifted Hands wrote:DELG wrote:So where are you going to find whistleblowers
easy: advertisements
Do YOU know of of corruption going on at your workplace, call the "strong arm"
lol can you imagine doing intake for this
correction: Do you know of corruption and can present evidence, call the strong arm.
*And sell to the government in some capacity
*And already reported it internally but they didn't do anything
*And you actually know they didn't do anything vs you just being confused
Not exactly a snappy billboard, and also most people are raging idiots who still won't get it and will call you about their boss at McDonald's stealing chicken nuggets.
okay so maybe you would have to require clients the old fashioned way- via networking. What do you think would be an appropriate first real job that could set me up for false claims work. Bcthe clients are gonna want someone with experience.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:37 pm
by DELG
I think no matter what your first job is there's a .000001% chance you ever make a penny off a FCA claim.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:49 pm
by Gifted Hands
DELG wrote:I think no matter what your first job is there's a .000001% chance you ever make a penny off a FCA claim.
so pretty much, personal injury in a liberal state is still the most lucrative practice?
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:50 pm
by cavalier1138
Holy hell, people. Stop feeding the troll.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:53 pm
by Gifted Hands
Liberal states don't have heavy tort reform like conservative states... not trolling dude. also this is an odd topic to troll about.
Re: False Claims Act
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:19 pm
by utlaw2007
If the area of practice is unknown, it's not lucrative by definition. Good luck getting clients...
As to most lucrative practice area of states, the answer to that question certainly won't benefit you. It depends on a ton of factors, there are lucrative cases and cheap as hell cases in most areas of contingency fee practice.
So yeah...