In a decision last September, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle ruled that the FCA’s qui tam provision—which allows citizens, referred to as “relators, to file suits on the United States’ behalf against those who have allegedly defrauded the government—violates Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
In a decision last September, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle ruled that the FCA’s qui tam provision—which allows citizens, referred to as “relators, to file suits on the United States’ behalf against those who have allegedly defrauded the government—violates Article II of the U.S. Constitution.