relator
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- noun
- /rɪˈleɪtər/
- Jargon
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demandante
- "No good deed goes unpunished," says Patrick J. O'Connell, civil Medicaid fraud chief for the Texas attorney general's office, which has recovered more than $100 million since 1999, when relators first began bringing qui tam cases after a change in the law.
- the relator's share
Examples
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Called qui tam, the feature also allows whistle-blowers—relators in the act's lingo—to file claims secretly while Justice Department prosecutors decide whether to intervene and take over the civil litigation.
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But defense lawyer Boese says the federal relator cut is more than enough to encourage the mega-national cases that yield global settlements responsible for much of the act's recent success, regardless of whether states have their own false claims acts.
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Indeed, some states actually could lose money with their own statutes if they must pay at least a 15 percent relator's share.
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Included was an increase in relator shares, from a maximum of 10 percent to at least 15 percent and up to 25 percent of the recovery, with government intervention and depending on the relator's contribution to the action's success.
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HHS also recommends that states award relators at least 15 percent of any recovery from their shares and provide for assessments against defendants for costs and attorney fees.
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Washington state prosecutor David W. Waterbury says he's no math whiz, but a 15 percent relator's share sounds like more to hint than the promised 10 percentage point increase in the state's share of damages.
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The relator filed a lawsuit on behalf of the government to address fraudulent activity.
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In a qui tam case, the relator may receive a percentage of any damages recovered for the government.
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As a relator, she provided key evidence that helped the government prosecute the fraudulent company.
Synonyms
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A person who brings a case against someone in court
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A person who makes a legal claim in court against someone
A person who starts a court case to get money or a right
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Etymology
Relator comes from the verb relate, which can mean 'to report'. A helpful way to remember the legal use is to think of a relator as a private 'reporter' who brings a fraud case to the government on its behalf.