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High Court Rules “State of Mind” Relevant in Prosecuting Prescribers under the Controlled Substance Act

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Last week the Supreme Court ("the Court") released a decision holding that the Federal Controlled Substance Act (the "Act") provision that criminalizes the dispensing of a controlled substance “except as authorized” includes...more

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Federal Jury Returns $140 Million Punitive Verdict Against AbbVie In Second AndroGel Trial

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As my colleague Andy Frey and I reported in an earlier post, an Illinois federal jury in July returned a $150 million punitive verdict against AbbVie without awarding the plaintiff any compensatory damages. That verdict is...more

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Federal Jury Returns $150 Million Punitive Verdict Against AbbVie—Without Awarding Any Compensatory Damages For The Plaintiff’s...

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You’ve likely seen by now media reports about an Illinois federal jury’s $150 million punitive award against AbbVie in a case brought by a plaintiff who alleged that AbbVie’s low-T medication AndroGel caused his heart attack....more

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Second Circuit Martoma Ruling, Affirming Tippee’s Conviction, Backtracks on Newman, and Adds Yet More Uncertainty to Ever-Evolving...

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Last week's dueling Second Circuit opinions in United States v. Martoma – Chief Judge Katzman’s 37-page majority opinion and Judge Pooler vigorous 44-page dissent – once again transformed insider trading law. In the aftermath...more

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Newman’s “Meaningfully Close Personal Relationship” Requirement No Longer Good Law

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A divided Second Circuit panel (Katzmann, Pooler (dissenting), Chin) on Wednesday upheld the insider trading conviction of former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma. Confronting its precedent in United States v....more

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Jury Acquits Former Pharma Exec in One of the First Post-Yates Memo Health Care Fraud Prosecutions

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Like many before it, this year has been one to watch in government health care fraud enforcement efforts. In September 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released the “Yates Memo,” which reaffirmed the government’s...more

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Nexium District Court Takes Pioneering Approach to Preliminary Jury Charge

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How does a court explain the complicated area of law at the intersection of patent settlements and antitrust law to a group of lay-jurors in the wake of Actavis? The district court’s approach to preliminary jury instructions...more

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May A Defendant Seek JMOL On Punitive Liability Based On A Standard Different From The One Reflected In The Jury Instructions?

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We’ve been following the post-trial proceedings in Allen v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., a product-liability action involving the diabetes drug Actos. The case garnered headlines earlier this year when the...more

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