Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Jones v. Brigham & Women's Hospital
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 7, 2012No. 10-2301PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to address claims filed pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (the “FCA”), alleging that the defendants submitted an application to the National Institute on Aging (“NIA”) for research on Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”) which relied on falsified data. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. We vacate that ruling.
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In 2006, Dr. Kenneth Jones (“Jones” or “Relator”) filed a qui tarn action under the FCA against defendants Brigham and Women’s Hospital (“BWH”), Massachusetts General Hospital (“MGH”), Dr. Marilyn Albert, and…
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