False claim Auteur Koehn M. Périodique/Collection The Environmental Forum | Vol. 17(1); 21 - 28; 8 p. Date 2000 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-065000) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Environmental Law Institute | Washington, DC, USA Type du document Article en publication périodique Langue Anglais Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Mise en application Cour/tribunaux Résumé 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.