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Prosecution for White Collar Drug Dealing

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...

Conspiracies between physicians and non-physicians

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...

Attack on pain clinic and laboratory business continues

by sitemanager | Jun 6, 2019 | Opioid Prosecutions, Substance abuse

Complaint Against Chiropractor And Pain Management Clinics The United States Attorney in South Carolina has intervened in a False Claims Act case against a chiropractor, his network of pain management clinics, and urine drug testing laboratories. There are three...

Indivior, Inc. Indicted for Fraudulently Marketing Opioids

by sitemanager | Apr 12, 2019 | Opioid Prosecutions

Opioid Fraud Case It has been a big week health care fraud news. On Tuesday, a federal grand jury sitting in Virginia indicted Indivior, Inc. and Indivior PLC for engaging in a scheme to increase prescriptions of Suboxone Film, an opioid drug used in the treatment of...

Government mined data released in opioid litigation

by sitemanager | Mar 1, 2019 | Data mining, Indictment, Opioid Prosecutions

Litigation Over Release Of Data On Opiod Cases    Litigation over release of data in the opioid litigation gives a glimpse at the volumes of information available to the Department of Justice in health care fraud cases. Judge Dan Aaron Polster of the Northern...

Must-watch cases of 2019

by sitemanager | Jan 7, 2019 | Doctor Indictment, Medical Necessity, Opioid Prosecutions

Temporary Restraining Orders Against Doctors Allegedly Prescribing Opioids Illegally Temporary restraining orders—a first-of-its-kind against doctors allegedly prescribing opioids illegally under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)—were served this week that forbid...
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I am a trial attorney and focus my practice on complex criminal and civil litigation in both federal and state court. I have participated in numerous trials to verdict. I represent individuals and organizations accused of fraud and/or deceptive practices, assist and advise organizations on corporate governance and compliance matters. 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. Read More about “Services”…

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