by Marissel Descalzo | Feb 25, 2022 | AKS
I have often discussed the trial penalty here. Individuals are too often punished for going to trial. It appears that individuals in the Varsity Blues case have received a trial penalty for going to trial. The topic was covered by Law360 HERE. The Varsity Blues...
by Marissel Descalzo | Jan 21, 2022 | Opioid, Opioid Indictment, Opioid Prosecutions, Prosecutions
Laurence Doud is charged with a conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substances Act – drug trafficking – in the Southern District of New York. Doud is not your typical narcotrafficker. He is the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. This is a novel prosecution...
by Marissel Descalzo | Jan 19, 2022 | Opioid, Opioid Prosecutions
John Kapoor, a former Insys Therapeutics executive, was convicted following a three-month trial. The executives in that case were charged with using a speaker program to funnel cash and other perks to doctors who wrote many Subsys prescriptions. Kapoor is seeking...
by Marissel Descalzo | Jan 5, 2022 | AKS
Over the summer, the Biden administration issued a sweeping executive order aimed at boosting competition across the U.S. economy, including encouraging the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to strengthen the 2016 guidance related...