District Court Grants Summary Judgment Win to False Claims Act Defendants, Adopting But-For Causation Standard for Claims Based on Anti-Kickback Violations
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25
Courts continue to reject aggressive Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) allegations. Most recently, on January 6, 2025, Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a qui tam action against clinical laboratory MD Spine Solutions LLC (“MD Labs”) and its owners, Denis Grizelj and Matthew Rutledge, based in part on lack of causation. Omni Healthcare, Inc. v. MD Spine Solutions LLC, No. 18-cv-12558-PBS, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1680 (D. Mass. Jan. 6, 2025)....
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