title: Bajakajian: new hope for escaping excessive fines under the Civil False Claims Act.
abstract: Author applies the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Bajakajian to argue for the reduction of fines against health care providers under the Civil False Claims Act. She compares ex ante criminal procedural protections with ex post substantive review of large civil fines.
authors.affiliation: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ballengee
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States