(November 21, 2023, 1:41 PM EST) -- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An Alabama federal judge on Nov. 20 denied a motion to dismiss and for judgment on the pleadings by an orthopedic device manufacturer in relators’ suit asserting that the manufacturer violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting for reimbursement to government health care programs claims for knee replacement devices it knew were defective, finding that the manufacturer’s argument that the court lacks jurisdiction due to the unconstitutionality of provisions of the FCA “lack[s] merit.”...