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Materiality Under FCA: The Lower Courts Grapple With Escobar's Meaning
02 February 2017
WilmerHale
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In the six months since the Supreme Court's decision on
implied certification and materiality in Universal Health Services,
Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, lower courts have begun to
apply the Supreme Court's analysis to a variety of fact
patterns and thus have begun to debate whether Escobar simply
reaffirmed the prior understanding of materiality under the False
Claims Act (FCA) or instead established a new, more rigorous test
for materiality. 136 S. Ct. 1989 (June 16, 2016).
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