( November 12, 2025, 10:43 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge denied a motion by a lab and related parties to transfer venue or for judicial recusal in qui tam suits alleging that they violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting false claims to government insurers for reimbursement for COVID-19 testing services, finding that the defendants failed to show the appearance of a personal bias required for recusal and that few federal courts “could have a stronger interest in the resolution of this dispute than the Southern District of New York.”...