This is part 4 of my article on the False Claims Act. This part discusses the huge increase in federal dollars recovered in the past few years: <\/p>\n
IV. Recent Recoveries and Other Developments In Qui Tam Litigation<\/strong><\/p>\n A. An Explosion of Federal Dollars Recovered Since 1986, Under the False Claims Act<\/strong><\/p>\n Over the past 20 years since the modern False Claims Act was established through the 1986 Amendments, the federal government’s recoveries of dollars have grown astronomically. The Department of Justice statistics reprinted in Appendix 2 tell the story:<\/p>\n In 1987, the government’s recoveries in qui tam cases totaled zero, presumably because the 1986 Amendments had just taken effect; and total recoveries under the False Claims Act were just $86 million. The following year, qui tam and other False Claims Act settlements and judgments began a steady climb upward, exceeding $200 million by 1989, and $300 million by 1991. By 1994, the government’s recoveries broke the $1 billion mark for the first time, with $380 million of that amount attributable to qui tam case recoveries alone.51 <\/p>\n