Giantkillers

Traces the 1986 passage and subsequent application of the False Claims Act, describing the unlikely team of advocates that worked to revitalize a public interest law that had been thwarted by lobbyists since its enactment during the Civil War, and recounting numerous whistle-blower suits that countered fraudulent corporate practices. Reprint.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Scammell, Scammell Henry
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2005
• EAN: 9780802141880
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-4188-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, United States of America, USA, c 1980 to c 1989, Father’s Day, HOLIDAY / Father's Day, Law & society, sociology of law