Texas Federal Court Declines to Apply State Law Privilege in False Claims Act CaseJonesDay
The Supreme Court declined to clarify how false claims should be verified under the False Claims Act, which could draw out some related healthcare cases, legal experts said.
The Supreme Court is considering two False Claims Act (FCA) cases that have the potential to reshape the FCA landscape and impact defense strategy. They are: U.S. ex. Rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources,in which it will decide whether the government retains aut...
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On March 28, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its opinion in United States ex rel. Martin v. Hathaway, holding that plaintiffs in False Claims Act (FCA) cases alleging a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) must establish that the false claim...
Federal Court Holds False Claims Act Relators Are Entitled to Share of Government’s Settlements with Non-Parties ByMindy B. Pava,Brendan M. Tyler In another notable False Claims Act development, a Massachusetts federal district court recently held that, when the United States intervenes in a rel...
Another Court Requires But-For Causation for AKS/FCA Claims; Cuts Nationwide Case Down to Two Physicians Anti-Kickback Statute,Causation Jaime L.M. Jones,Brenna E. JennyandMatt Bergs Last week, the Northern District of Illinois issued a significant opinion in a False Claims Act (“FCA”)qui...
Supreme Court held that that “[t]he False Claims Act’s scienter element refers to the pharmacies’ knowledge and subjective beliefs (not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed).1,2 The Supreme Court further opined that the basis for determining the parties’ “...
laws, the laws such as the Massachusetts and Federal False Claims Acts can be more complicated in terms of the procedures that whistleblowers must follow, but they tend to be the most successful of whistleblower award laws, because they allow whistleblowers to file a case directly in court. ...