Clinic Owner, Salesmen Say 4th Circuit’s Anti-Kickback Statute Ruling Is ‘Unjust’

Mealey's (April 12, 2021, 12:31 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A blood-testing clinic owner and two salesmen say in a petition for rehearing filed in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 8 that the court’s Feb. 22 ruling affirming a jury’s $114 million judgment against them for violating the anti-kickback statute (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA) should be reviewed en banc because it “is not merely wrong; it is unjust” and conflicts with decisions of the court and the U.S. Supreme Court....