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Recovering Qui Tam Costs Under Fixed Price Contracts—an Exception to the Rule

The US government recently learned that, in addition to its customary liability for having given a contractor defective specifications, where those defective specs prompt a relator's frivolous False Claims Act (FCA) case, the government will also owe the contractor's defense costs when it does not promptly intervene to dismiss the action.

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