Associates Against Outlier Fraud v. Huron Consulting Group, Inc.

DRONEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Relator (“Plaintiff’) Associates Against Outlier Fraud appeals the award of costs against it in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case, arguing that the district coúrt improperly ordered it to pay defendants the costs of deposition transcripts under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)(1) and 28 U.S.C. § 1920. Plaintiff asserts that it should have been shielded from this award by 31 U.S.C. § 3730(d)(4), which restricts the award of “expenses” to prevailing defendants in FCA cases to cases found to be “clearly frivolous,” because “costs” and “expenses” are one and the…