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McCarter & English, LLP

Robinson-Patman Act Case Roundup: Regulatory Uncertainty and Private Litigation Trends

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending mixed messages about how aggressively it intends to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). During the Biden administration, the agency filed its first two RPA complaints in over...more

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Indian Tribe Fights With ATF Over Applicability of PACT Act to Its Cigarette Sales

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In 2023, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) placed Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians (Twenty-Nine Palms), a federally recognized Indian tribe that sells cigarettes on sovereign reservations...more

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Food Company Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $19.2 Million for Manufacturing Under Unsanitary Conditions

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The Justice Department has a long-record of criminal prosecutions of companies for manufacturing food products under unsanitary conditions.  In recent years, DOJ has prosecuted Blue Bell Ice Cream, Chipotle, ConAgra Grocery,...more

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The Forkner Indictment for the Tragic Boeing 737 MAX Fraud and Crashes (Part II of III)

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Mark Forkner, a former Chief Technical Pilot, was indicted  on two counts of fraud involving aircraft parts in interstate commerce and four counts of wire fraud.  If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison...more

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Affordable Healthcare Solutions Pleads Guilty to Dealing in Non-FDA Approved Devices

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The United States Department of Justice announced that Affordable Healthcare Solutions, LLC has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Receiving Adulterated Devices in Interstate Commerce and Delivery for Pay with Intent to...more

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FDA Issues Warnings to 15 Companies for Illegally Selling Products Containing CBD

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On November 25, 2019, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("FDA") published a press release, published a revised Consumer Update, and announced the issuance of new warning letters to 15 companies for illegally selling and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Weeks - July 2019 #5

A federal appellate court in California issued a decision effectively ratifying the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s expansive view of its authority to bring enforcement actions addressing a diverse range of purported...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Files Contested Complaint Over Unregistered $100 Million Initial Coin Offering, In Case That Could Clarify Application Of...

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On June 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) sued Kik Interactive Inc. (“Kik”) for conducting an unregistered offering of $100 million of digital tokens. See U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v....more

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Beer, Hemp, and CBD in North Carolina

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The cannabidiol ("CBD") industry is exploding today. Hemp and hemp-derived CBD were classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1972 ("CSA") until the passage of the Agriculture...more

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Hospitals, Doctors (and Others) Beware: DOJ May Apply Travel Act to Healthcare Prosecutions - Arrangements Viewed Under the...

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• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which...more

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Recent Texas Prosecutions Reveal New Federal Enforcement Tools and Focus on Private Insurance

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Three cases recently wrapped up in the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas reveal an increased focus on health care fraud committed against private commercial third-party payors, as well as the tools that the Department...more

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2018’s Bad Guys in Energy

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I report herein on 2018’s parade of reprobates, rapscallions and others generally lacking in moral hygiene. We reflect on a mother’s love, corruption in Venezuela, a disloyal employee, stealing from friends, a disgraced...more

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What Does the 2018 Farm Bill Mean for the Hemp and CBD Businesses?

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President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (popularly known as the 2018 Farm Bill) into law on December 20, 2018. Among the 2018 Farm Bill’s broad-ranging provisions, it legalizes the cultivation and sale...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Failure to Report Adverse Events Results in Criminal Misbranding Settlement and Individual Liability

On December 10, 2018, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation and a former quality manager at the company pleaded guilty to introducing misbranded medical devices into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Food, Drug...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A couple of big-time SCOTUS opinions released yesterday will leave their mark on the financial world— First, the High Court found that internet retailers can be “required to collect sales taxes in states where they have no...more

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Lorenzo's a Schemer, Not a Maker; Dissent Blasts SEC ("Not Fair," "Stinks")

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Cut, paste and forward ? just as the boss instructed. But Lorenzo’s email to two clients was misleading, so the SEC filed an enforcement action. The ALJ held Lorenzo liable for violating anti-fraud provisions and imposed a...more

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