{"id":1567,"date":"2016-07-11T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/?post_type=practice_areas&#038;p=1567"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:34:18","slug":"qui-tam-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"practice_areas","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/practice-areas\/whistleblower-lawyer-qui-tam-claims\/qui-tam-whistleblower-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Qui tam definition<\/h3>\n<p>Whistleblower lawsuits are also known as \u201cqui tam\u201d claims. \u201cQui tam\u201d is an old Latin term derived from the phrase \u201che who sues on behalf of the King as well as for himself.\u201d In other words, it describes a type of case brought for the government but also for a private individual\u2019s personal benefit.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cwhistleblower\u201d is an individual who reports fraud against the government. In today\u2019s legal system, qui tam is a legal term that describes a case brought under the False Claims Act by a private individual on behalf of the federal government.<\/p>\n<h3>If You Have Knowledge of Fraud:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"cta-red\" href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact Us Today<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay nothing until we win<\/li>\n<li>We'll come to you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1633,"menu_order":62,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[],"is_parent":[],"class_list":["post-1567","practice_areas","type-practice_areas","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas\/1567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practice_areas"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"is_parent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_parent?post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}