{"id":3155,"date":"2022-12-09T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraudfighters-net-jcyz.usc1.mystaging.site\/?post_type=videos&#038;p=3155"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:29:01","slug":"what-is-qui-tam-lawsuit-who-can-file-one","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/www.fraudfighters.net\/zh-hans\/videos\/what-is-qui-tam-lawsuit-who-can-file-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Qui Tam Lawsuit, and Who Can File One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Video Transcript<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Tycko &amp; Zavareei LLP Partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraudfighters.net\/people\/jonathan-tycko\/\">Jonathan Tycko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The term qui tam is derived from an old Latin phrase. It means a lawsuit brought by a private citizen but in the name of the government. The person bringing a qui tam lawsuit is called a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraudfighters.net\/news\/what-is-a-qui-tam-relator\/\">relator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Can Be a Qui Tam Relator?<\/h3>\n<p>If you have nonpublic information about a fraud against the government or a government program, you may be able to bring a qui tam lawsuit as a relator. Relators are usually employees or former employees of the defendant company, but not always. Relators can also be industry experts, competing companies or others who, through some sort of specialized knowledge or their own investigation, learn about the fraud.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the Process of Filing a Qui Tam Lawsuit?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraudfighters.net\/news\/pros-cons-becoming-whistleblower-qui-tam-lawsuit\/\">Qui tam lawsuits<\/a> are filed under seal. This means that the lawsuit is secret when you file it, and during that under seal period, the company you sue does not know about the lawsuit.\u00a0Instead, you provide the complaint and any supporting evidence that you have to the attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice, which will open an investigation into your allegations. At the end of that investigation, the Department of Justice can intervene in your case, meaning that the department takes over the case or it can decline to intervene.<\/p>\n<h3>How Can a Qui Tam Attorney Help Me?<\/h3>\n<p>If the Department of Justice declines, you can still pursue the case on your own with your own attorneys.These can be long, complicated, expensive cases. 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