http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPrint.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200604/COM20060407a.html Time to Rein in the False Claims Act By Richard Samp CNSNews.com Commentary April 07, 2006 The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has long been recognized as a full employment act for plaintiffs' lawyers. The game is to encourage fired employees to pose as "whistleblowers," reporting to the federal government on their former employees' alleged wrongdoing. They file suit in the name of the United States as "private attorneys general," and then demand a 30 percent cut of whatever the employer pays in settlement to make the case go away. In the process, the good names of reputable companies...