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Transcript of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865)
Transcript of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865)

“…. insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war -- seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.”

— Lincoln, Second Inaugural

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Government Contracts, False Claims, Executive OrdersDaniel Abrahams
In a Qui Tam Case Where It Is the Real Party in Interest, the Government Can Be Responsible for the Contractor's Legal Fees Under the Spearin Doctrine

The Government has several avenues to pursue damages when a contractor commits fraud, including bringing its own False Claims Act suit or joining a proxy qui tam lawsuit. But what happens when the Government’s mistake leads to a contractor’s damages? In a recent case, a contractor invoked the so-called Spearin doctrine to recover legal fees from an erroneous qui tam lawsuit.

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By Kirby Rousseau, False Claims, Government ContractsDaniel Abrahams