5th Circuit Reverses Ruling Denying Judgment To Planned Parenthood In FCA Suit

( February 27, 2025, 2:31 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS  — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 27 reversed and remanded a lower court ruling denying summary judgment to Planned Parenthood for implied false certification and conspiracy claims in a relator’s False Claims Act (FCA) suit accusing Planned Parenthood of failure to repay Medicaid reimbursements received while injunctions were in force in underlying litigation, finding that Planned Parenthood was entitled to summary judgment due to the immunity for its attorneys’ acts....