Judge Remands To State Court Collection Suit Alleging FCA Violations As Defense

( May 1, 2026, 2:33 PM EDT) -- BAY CITY, Mich. — A Michigan federal judge remanded to state court a debt collection action filed by a laboratory against a health clinic, finding that the health clinic’s argument “as a defense to the collection claims” that the court has jurisdiction because the related debt and contract are void and unenforceable due to violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law “cannot form the basis for removal to federal court.”...