2012 Delaware Code
Title 6 - Commerce and Trade
CHAPTER 12. DELAWARE FALSE CLAIMS AND REPORTING ACT
§ 1206. Certain actions barred.

(a) No court shall have jurisdiction of an action brought pursuant to this chapter against a State Government official if the action is substantially based on evidence or information known to the Government when the action was brought.

(b) In no event may a party bring an action under this chapter which is substantially based upon allegations or transactions which are the subject of a civil suit or an administrative proceeding in which the Government is already a party.

(c) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action under this chapter based upon the public disclosure of allegations or actions in a criminal civil or administrative hearing, or from the news media, unless the action is brought by the Attorney General or the party bringing the action is an original source of this information.

For purposes of this subsection, "original source" means an individual who has direct and independent knowledge of the information on which the allegations are based and has voluntarily provided the information to the Attorney General before filing an action under this chapter that is based on the information.

72 Del. Laws, c. 370, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 23.;