The Sixth Circuit expanded the existing circuit split regarding when a kickback causes a federal health care claim to be false or fraudulent under the False Claims Act (FCA) and set out a new analysis for what constitutes...more
The Eighth Circuit released an opinion Tuesday in U.S. ex rel. Cairns v. D.S. Medical LLC that creates a new circuit split on the interpretation of the causation standard for establishing that a claim “resulting from” a...more
In a split decision issued January 25, 2022, the Fourth Circuit strongly endorsed a defense to False Claims Act liability for entities that submit claims to the government in today’s complex regulatory environment, finding:...more
The Supreme Court handed down its decision today in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, a closely-watched case about the False Claims Act’s (FCA) statute of limitations....more
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