Community Humanitarian Assn., Inc. v. Town of Ramapo

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• finding that witnesses' \understanding [of] technical Medicare laws and regulations\ did not constitute \lay expertise\
• holding that a lay case agent properly \interpreted a chart - 28 - listing medical equipment and containing a column reading 'Rep. payment' as evidence that\ the defendant's medical-device company paid sales reps illegal kickbacks \based on the equipment they sold\
• holding witness “opinions not based on the product of applying familiar reasoning processes to their job experience” were not “lay expertise under Rule 701”
• finding that witnesses’ “understanding [of] technical Medicare laws and regulations” did not constitute “lay expertise”
• concluding potentially “misleading” testimony was not material where it was “easily cross- examine[d]” by defense counsel
• finding that opinions by two lay witnesses in Medicare fraud prosecution that depended on their understanding technical Medicare laws should not have been admitted without first qualifying witnesses as experts

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