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False claim

Author
Koehn M.
Journal/Series
The Environmental Forum | Vol. 17(1); 21 - 28; 8 p.
Date
2000
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-065000)
Publisher | Place of publication
Environmental Law Institute | Washington, DC, USA
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Enforcement/compliance Court/tribunal
Abstract

To skirt citizen standing requirements - and often to reap financial reward - some environmental plaintiffs are trying to use a statute meant to protect the government from fraud to force companies to improve environmental compliance. But the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act may produce the opposite result.