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Amgen Settles Aranesp Misbranding Cases With Guilty Plea And Payment Of $762 Million

Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012
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A federal judge has approved a $762 million settlement agreement with Biotechnology giant Amgen to resolve a number of criminal and civil cases stemming from the sale of its anemia drug Aranesp and...

4th Circuit To Hear Oral Argument On Denial Of Suppression Of Wiretap Evidence – Will Address Government Interception Of ‘Non-Pertinent’ And Privileged Communications

Posted On Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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On January 30, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral argument on the matter of U.S. v. Michael White, Case No. 11-5181. One of the questions before the Court...

Los Angeles Physician Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison And To Pay Over $1 Million In Restitution For Medicare Fraud

Posted On Monday, December 17, 2012

A 69-year-old Los Angeles physician, who pled guilty in July 2012 for receiving approximately $30,000 in kickbacks for participating in a scheme that defrauded Medicare out of more than $5 million,...

Increasing White-Collar Sentences: A Bad Re-Run?

Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012

Over at Forbes, Lawrence Bader has an interesting look at the possible deterrent effect (or lack thereof) of the current wave of insider-trading prosecutions. Bader’s take? ...

HSBC To Pay $1.256 Billion In Fines To Resolve Money Laundering Allegations

Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012
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On December 11, 2012, HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Holdings plc agreed to pay $1.256 billion as part of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve alleged...

Trial Judge Orders Coffee And Snacks For Mob Trial Jurors

Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012

Here is an interesting order issued by a U.S. District Court Judge in Philadelphia in the long-running trial of seven Mafia figures. "...it is ordered that the Clerk of Court for the Eastern...

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Amgen Settles Aranesp Misbranding Cases With Guilty Plea And Payment Of $762 Million

4th Circuit To Hear Oral Argument On Denial Of Suppression Of Wiretap Evidence – Will Address Government Interception Of ‘Non-Pertinent’ And Privileged Communications

Los Angeles Physician Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison And To Pay Over $1 Million In Restitution For Medicare Fraud

Increasing White-Collar Sentences: A Bad Re-Run?

HSBC To Pay $1.256 Billion In Fines To Resolve Money Laundering Allegations

Trial Judge Orders Coffee And Snacks For Mob Trial Jurors

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