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- noun Plural form of
relator .
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Examples
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The DOJ announced on Monday that it is chiming in on a suit initially filed by experienced whistleblowers Norman Rille and Neal Roberts under the False Claims Act. Under whistleblower provisions of the act, private parties -- known as "relators" -- can file legal actions on behalf of the US Government and receive a portion of the money recovered.
Betanews 2009
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Rather, the relators should be arguing that this credit will inspire some upward pressure on housing prices which will improve the balance sheet positions of americans who are feeling serious wealth effects as their house and retirement funds are worth less and less.
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The investigation was initiated after two former employees filed a civil complaint against Cornerstone under the qui tam provisions of the Federal False Claims Act. These "whistle blower" provisions allow private citizens, called relators, to bring civil actions on behalf of the United States and themselves.
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Ronald M. Davis, a former employee of San Mateo County, first notified authorities of the violations in a lawsuit filed under whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, which permit private individuals called "relators" to bring lawsuits on behalf of the United States and receive a portion of the settlement or judgement.
San Jose Business News - Local San Jose News | The Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal 2009
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The Department of Justice reported that almost 78 percent of this year's recoveries are associated with suits initiated by private citizens (known as "relators") under the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions.
Law.com - Newswire 2008
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Cases brought by "relators" or whistleblowers under the nation's primary whistleblower statute, the
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The ostensible reason that relators may prosecute a FCA action in what the qui tam bar calls “non-intervention cases” is primarily to preserve limited prosecutorial resources.
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However, it now protects the government, which often supported relators subject to original source attacks from having a case it wants prosecuted from being dismissed.
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This raises the possibility of relators voluntarily dismissing these cases and immediately refiling them if they think an original source issue can thereby be avoided.
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It rejected the notion that relators are agents of the government.
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