Mealey's (February 19, 2020, 7:13 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — Claims brought under the antiretaliation provision of the False Claims Act must be analyzed under the but-for causation standard and not the motivating factor standard, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 3, affirming a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for a Georgia county accused of firing a worker for whistleblowing (Jamie Nesbitt v. Candler County, Georgia, No. 18-14484, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 64)....