May 82024
Seventh Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to FCA Judgment, Recognizes Circuit Split on Causation Requirement for AKS-Based Claims
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit acknowledged—but declined to pick sides in—a circuit split regarding the degree of causation required to establish FCA claims premised on AKS violations. In the same opinion, the Seventh Circuit rejected an Eighth Amendment challenge to the amount of an FCA judgment.
