Defendants appealed their convictions in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas for violations of the Medicare Antikickback Act, specifically 42 U.S.C.S. § 1320a-7b(b), and the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C.S. § 371.

United States ex rel. CIMZNHCA, LLC v. UCB, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit January 23, 2020, Argued; August 17, 2020, Decided No. 19-2273 Opinion  [*838]  ] Hamilton , Circuit Judge . The False Claims Act allows the United...

Ariston Airline & Catering Supply Co. v. Forbes Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Burlington County January 2, 1986, Decided No. L-053961-83 Opinion  [*475]   [**1279]  Plaintiff Ariston is in the catering business, providing in-flight meal...

Pino v. Bank of N.Y. Supreme Court of Florida February 7, 2013, Decided No. SC11-697 Opinion  [*25]  REVISED OPINION PARIENTE, J. The issue we address in this case involves an interpretation of the applicable Florida Rules of Civil Procedure  [**2]  governing...

The New Mexico-Arizona Enabling Act of 1910 (the "Enabling Act") (36 Stat 557) (later amended), which allowed the peoples of those federal territories to form state governments, also granted to Arizona certain public lands subject to specified...

The Illinois Department of Revenue, acting pursuant to an Illinois statute requiring retailers to collect and pay use taxes, brought an action against the defendant in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to recover use taxes and penalties with...

Plaintiff Italian corporation filed suit against defendant New Hampshire corporation for goods sold and delivered under a distributorship contract. Defendant was a foreign corporation not subject to in personam jurisdiction in New York. Plaintiff, therefore...

In our ongoing series of Expert Q&As, we speak with Alison Taylor, Managing Director of Business for Social Responsibility ( BSR ), a nonprofit organization that works with companies and other partners on sustainable business strategies. She tells...

Plaintiff taxpayer filed a suit for a refund of federal income taxes. The district court held that monies, called "tokes" in the relevant trade, received by plaintiff taxpayer, a craps dealer employed by Las Vegas casinos, constituted gifts...

The President of the United States issued an Executive Order No. 10340 entitled "Directing the Secretary of Commerce to Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of Certain Steel Companies." Under this EO, the Secretary took possession...