More telemedicine prosecutions
Yesterday, prosecutors in New Jersey unsealed an Indictment against a husband and wife team that owned two telemedicine companies. The Indictment alleges a $56 million fraud. Prosecutors claim that Reinaldo and Jean Wilson orchestrated a national kickback scheme...Sometimes it pays to go to trial
If the recent Insys prosecution taught us anything, it is that sometimes it pays to go to trial. The defendants in that case were facing life sentences before trial. The Insys prosecution started in 2019. The government brought the cases under the Controlled Substance...Sober Home Task Force Will Make More Arrests in Next 30 to 45 Days
Yesterday, Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg spoke to a reporter from the Sun Sentinel, announcing that his office will be making arrests in the next 30 to 45 days in the drug recovery industry. These arrests are related to investigations by the Sober Home Task...Reciprocal Discovery does not require early disclosure of evidence by the defense
Federal Criminal Rule of Procedure 16 provides that a defendant must disclose to the government any evidence the defendant intends to use in the defendant’s case-in-chief at trial. Recently, prosecutors around the country are interpreting Rule 16 to require an “early”...ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I represent doctors, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, and other health care providers, during government investigations and defend them in qui tam (whistle-blower) actions. I also regularly counsel companies from a variety of industries on the adoption and operation of their compliance programs and related due diligence issues.
