The defense and health-care industries are already to some extent battle-hardened to the False Claims Act and its bounty-hunter-driven whistleblower provisions. As for numerous other sectors now being swept into a relationship with federal money through the financial crisis and bailout, well, they're not going to know what hit them.
Poll: Execs fear bailout/crisis litigation
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



