For more than two decades, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was the sole circuit court to require the government or relators to demonstrate something less than proximate causation to prevail in False Claims Act (FCA) cases.
March 20, 2018 Top Story
Seventh Circuit Reverses Itself, Resolves Circuit Split
Proximate cause, not "but-for" test, is required for False Claims Act recovery
By Katerina E. Milenkovski
With its recent ruling in United States v. Luce, however, the Seventh Circuit has overruled its prior precedent and now falls into line with other circuit courts that have weighed in on this issue.
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