THIS CASEBOOK contains a selection of U. S. Court of Appeals decisions that analyze, discuss and interpret provisions of the False Claims Act. * * * Originally signed into law during the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln, the False Claims Act exposes those who commit fraud against the federal government to treble damages and civil penalties, both of which "are essentially punitive in nature." Vt. Agency of Nat. Res. v. United States ex rel. Stevens, 529 U.S. 765, 768-69, 784, 120 S.Ct. 1858, 146 L.Ed.2d 836 (2000). The statute's qui tam provisions allow private plaintiffs
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