The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a $28.7 million verdict in a declined FCA qui tam because the district court improperly relied on the relators’ post-trial expert declarations […]
Last year, we reported on a rare district court decision from Minnesota finding application of the FCA’s civil penalties unconstitutionally excessive. Last week, a judge in the Northern District of […]
Massachusetts recently signed into law House Bill 5159, which includes a strict new rule for investors in Massachusetts health care companies, requiring them to timely disclose FCA violations of their […]
Judge Patti Saris in the District of Massachusetts recently granted a defense motion for summary judgment after concluding that relator failed to show that defendants knowingly submitted medically unnecessary tests […]
On Thursday, a Minnesota district court judge more than halved a $490 million False Claims Act jury verdict against an ophthalmology distributor and its founder for Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) violations, […]
A recent False Claims Act settlement between the Department of Justice, a New Jersey hospital, and the hospital’s investors also included a novel Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) settlement […]
A recent decision from the District of Minnesota applying the Eighth Circuit’s new but-for causation requirement for connecting violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) to FCA violations emphasizes the importance […]