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- catalog abstract ""Giantkillers tells the behind-the-scenes story of how crusading public-interest attorney John Phillips revitalized this ailing law after it had been gutted by lobbyists and left for dead. During the 1980s, in response to massive fraud by corporate Goliaths such as Columbia/HCA, Smith Barney, and General Electric, Phillips took on a dramatic, high-stakes battle. Forging an unlikely alliance with a conservative senator and liberal congressman, it helped recraft the False Claims Act to give whistle-blowers the power to sue corrupt contractors on the government's behalf and receive up to 30 percent of the judgment. Since then, The Wall Street Journal says that "no other lawyer has done as much to help the government expose fraud.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13113065.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Giantkillers tells the behind-the-scenes story of how crusading public-interest attorney John Phillips revitalized this ailing law after it had been gutted by lobbyists and left for dead. During the 1980s, in response to massive fraud by corporate Goliaths such as Columbia/HCA, Smith Barney, and General Electric, Phillips took on a dramatic, high-stakes battle. Forging an unlikely alliance with a conservative senator and liberal congressman, it helped recraft the False Claims Act to give whistle-blowers the power to sue corrupt contractors on the government's behalf and receive up to 30 percent of the judgment. Since then, The Wall Street Journal says that "no other lawyer has done as much to help the government expose fraud.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Preface: A New American Hero xi -- 1 Last Man Standing 1 -- 2 Quality Assurance 7 -- 3 Killing Range 21 -- 4 The Raid 27 -- 5 Shoddy 36 -- 6 No Good Deed Unpunished 47 -- 7 In the Public Interest 52 -- 8 Cliffhanger 67 -- 9 First Light 80 -- 10 Greasy Spoon 93 -- 11 Rough Road to Fat City 106 -- 12 Man in the Middle 116 -- 13 Unjust Rewards 132 -- 14 Solomon 143 -- 15 Where the Money is 154 -- 16 An American Dream, Part II 168 -- 17 Let Me Count the Ways 181 -- 18 Rocky Mountain Low 188 -- 19 Flatlands 211 -- 20 A Dog of a Case 221 -- 21 The Fireman 229 -- 22 One-Eyed Kings 240 -- 23 Final Reckoning 259 -- 24 What Happened Next 272 -- Afterword: Turning Up the Light / Senator Chuck Grassley, Congressman Howard Berman.".
- catalog extent "x, 306 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Giantkillers.".
- catalog identifier "087113909X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Giantkillers.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Atlantic Monthly Press,".
- catalog relation "Giantkillers.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "347.73/53 22".
- catalog subject "Citizen suits (Civil procedure) United States.".
- catalog subject "Corruption investigation United States.".
- catalog subject "KF8896.5 .S28 2004".
- catalog subject "Popular actions United States.".
- catalog subject "United States. False Claims Amendments Act of 1986.".
- catalog subject "Whistle blowing Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface: A New American Hero xi -- 1 Last Man Standing 1 -- 2 Quality Assurance 7 -- 3 Killing Range 21 -- 4 The Raid 27 -- 5 Shoddy 36 -- 6 No Good Deed Unpunished 47 -- 7 In the Public Interest 52 -- 8 Cliffhanger 67 -- 9 First Light 80 -- 10 Greasy Spoon 93 -- 11 Rough Road to Fat City 106 -- 12 Man in the Middle 116 -- 13 Unjust Rewards 132 -- 14 Solomon 143 -- 15 Where the Money is 154 -- 16 An American Dream, Part II 168 -- 17 Let Me Count the Ways 181 -- 18 Rocky Mountain Low 188 -- 19 Flatlands 211 -- 20 A Dog of a Case 221 -- 21 The Fireman 229 -- 22 One-Eyed Kings 240 -- 23 Final Reckoning 259 -- 24 What Happened Next 272 -- Afterword: Turning Up the Light / Senator Chuck Grassley, Congressman Howard Berman.".
- catalog title "Giantkillers : the team and the law that help whistle-blowers recover America's stolen billions / Henry Scammell.".
- catalog type "text".