JD Supra

First Circuit Reins In Broad Theory of Liability Under AntiKickback Statute by Adopting “But-For Causation” Standard

The First Circuit joins the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in adopting a more exacting causation standard for False Claims Act liability premised on Anti-Kickback Statute violations. In a victory for False ...
JD Supra

New York Court Precludes Plaintiff’s Expert Causation Opinion After Frye Hearing

Recent outcomes in New York state underscore the need for defendants to challenge plaintiff’s novel causation theories and pursue a Frye hearing when applicable, particularly in the medical ...
JSTOR Daily

Causation and Consequences in Monetary Policy: Are Federal Reserve Policies Based on an Inadequate Theory of Causal Responsibility?

https://doi.org/10.5325/soundings.99.3.0321 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/soundings.99.3.0321 Copy URL This article enters the debate among central bankers ...
Law

Decision Excluding Causation Theory in Rezulin MDL Impacts Other Cases

In an important recent Daubert decision, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York ruled that plaintiffs in the Rezulin multidistrict litigation may not rely on proposed expert ...
Law

In Challenge to $45M Verdict, Temple Health Claims Plaintiff's Causation Theory Contained 'Critical Gap'

Temple Health filed a post-trial motion challenging a $45 million verdict for a patient who sustained neurological damage choking on food. The hospital argues that the plaintiffs failed to prove ...