U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Ex Rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. Basf Corp.
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- Opinion
- Filed
- July 5, 2019
- Case
- United States Ex Rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. Basf Corp.
- Case status
- Decided
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Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge: "Pecunia non satiat avaritiam, sed inritat" translates from Latin to English as "money doesn't satisfy greed; it stimulates it." This case teaches that money also stimulates legal artifice. For over one hundred and fifty years, the False Claims Act (FCA) has imposed civil liability on anyone who defrauds the federal government of money or property…
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