The National Law Review

First Circuit Clarifies FCA Liability Standard for AKS Violations, Deepening Circuit Split

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JD Supra

Investigations Newsletter: First Circuit Joins Sixth and Eighth Circuits in Adopting Heightened, But-For Causation Standard for AKS-Based FCA Claims

On February 18, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit became the latest court to agree that the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) requires proof of but-for causation to generate a per se False ...
JD Supra

First Circuit Decision Regarding Anti-Kickback Statute Standard Widens Circuit Split and Creates Potential for Supreme Court Clarification

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in United States v. Regeneron, has joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in adopting the “but-for” standard to find that a violation of the ...
The National Law Review

First Circuit Ruling Highlights Ongoing COVID-19 Religious Discrimination Issues

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Reason

The First Circuit Is Not A Denny's

According to the Attorney General, the First Circuit's clerk refused to "offer any means of filing" an emergency brief after 5:00 p.m. After 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, federal district court ...