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LESTAGE v. COLOPLAST CORP.

No. 19-2037.

982 F.3d 37 (2020)

Amy LESTAGE, Plaintiff, Appellee, and United States and the State of California, ex rel., Kimberly Herman, Amy Lestage and Kevin Roseff, Plaintiffs, v. COLOPLAST CORP., Defendant, Appellant, and Coloplast A/S; Convatec, Inc.; Hollister, Inc.; 180 Medical, Inc.; A-Med Health Care, Inc.; Byram Medical Supplies, Inc.; CCS Medical Supplies, Inc.; Liberty Medical Supplies, Inc.; Liberator Medical Supply, Inc.; Shield Medical, Inc.; Uromed, Inc.; RGH Enterprises, Inc.; Shield California Healthcare Center, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisabeth S. Theodore , Washington, DC, with whom Samuel F. Callahan and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Rachel M. Wertheimer , Portland, ME, with whom Paul W. Shaw , Boston, MA, Tawny L. Alvarez , Portland, ME, and Verrill Dana, LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Selya, and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

This case under the anti-retaliation provision of the False Claims Act raises an issue of first impression in this circuit as to the proper causation standard. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(1). Amy Lestage filed suit against her employer Coloplast Corporation ("Coloplast") in 2016 alleging that Coloplast had retaliated against her...

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