remuneration

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1239 Cara Wessels Wells v. Texas Tech University, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-04 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights-act discrimination employment-status remuneration time-bar title-vii Does an unpaid position qualify someone to be an "employee" within the meaning of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(f)?
23-139 United States, ex rel. Shannon Martin, M.D., et al. v. Darren Hathaway, M.D., et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute false-claims-act federal-health-care-program government-claims healthcare-fraud liability remuneration statutory-interpretation 1. Does the term "remuneration" under the Anti-Kickback Statute encompass solicitation or receipt of any kind of reward or compensation, or is it limi…
22-339 Pfizer Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Second Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Amici (5) advisory-opinion-process anti-kickback-statute criminal-intent healthcare-fraud medical-decision-making medicare mens-rea remuneration rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the AKS is violated only if the person offering the "remuneration * * * to induce" the purchase of federally reimbursed healthcare intends to …
21-445 Floyd Calhoun Dent, III v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute federal-healthcare-programs healthcare-fraud independent-contractor independent-contractors marketing medical-referral referral remuneration sales-commission statutory-interpretation Whether the AKS prohibits the payment of sales commissions to independent contractors who make marketing presentations to physicians but who are not m…