By Rob Lenihan The whistleblower provision has been around for a long time but it still has plenty of bite. In Latin, the phrase “Qui Tam” means “who as well.” Those words are a part of a longer statement dating back to the Middle Ages that translates as “who sues in this matter for the king as well as for himself.” Qui Tam is perhaps better known as “whistleblower litigation” and it is included in the False Claims Act, which President Abraham Lincoln signed into law in 1863. ‘The Lincoln Law’The False Claims Reform Act of 1985 changed the so-called “Lincoln Law”, making it easier for the gove…