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ihlr-26083	Fuqua, Erik	Two Roads Converged in a Legal Wood: The Intersection of Litigation Funding and the False Claims Act	2022	19	.pdf	application/pdf	9421	599	65	In June 2020, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ethan Davis mentioned it as well in a similar forum.105 Mr. Davis acknowledged that “the United States has an interest in knowing who is behind [qui tam cases]” and explained that DOJ attorneys had been instructed to begin asking questions about litigation funding during relator interviews.106 The DOJ can use reasonable scrutiny to address litigation funding concerns in FCA cases.107 It has already begun asking “for the identity of the funder, whether the relator has shared information relating to the qui tam allegations with the funder, whether a written agreement exists, and whether the agreement entitles the funder to exercise any direct or indirect control over the relator’s litigation or settlement decisions. Although litigation funding concerns do not justify an absolute prohibition on the practice, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) and the FCA itself could help facilitate the government’s review process and address residual concerns.	cache/ihlr-26083.pdf	txt/ihlr-26083.txt