In the Spring of 2023, the 6th Circuit, which is the federal appellate court with jurisdiction for Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, issued an unprecedented opinion in Martin v. Hathaway, ...
The Sixth Circuit expanded the existing circuit split regarding when a kickback causes a federal health care claim to be false or fraudulent under the False Claims Act (FCA) and set out a new analysis ...
Correctly distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical because it influences how treatments for illnesses are devised and tested. Also, in the context of the law, it ensures that as ...
The trial and appellate courts recognize that the causation element is vital to the plaintiff's prima facie case, and that without both factual and expert support for the causal link, there is no ...
In support of their cross-motion, the defendants offered the expert testimony of a biomechanical expert, who rendered an opinion on causation and submitted the affidavit of another expert who also ...
BACKGROUND Cumulative causation ‒ the self-reproduction of migration through community social ties ‒ is a phenomenon central to the continuation of Mexico‒US migration, particularly for flows ...
"I read it as a joke!" one student chortled. "It definitely wasn't completely serious, was it?" another asked as she shook her head in disbelief. The intimate group of nine students—which includes a ...
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President Donald Trump announced during a press conference Monday that the use of acetaminophen—also known as Tylenol—during pregnancy may contribute to rising autism rates in newborns. Trump ...