JURIST

JUNE 12, 2021

had pleaded guilty to a felon-in-possession charge, and the government sought to apply the enhanced sentence under the ACCA. One of the three violent felonies the government alleged as a predicate to the ACCA charge was for reckless aggravated assault under Tennessee law. ” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr.

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Felony Mens Rea Court Rules Court 161

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element. The Court instead interpreted the term, as used in the AKS, to mean an intentional violation of a known legal duty, but concluded that “the mens rea element goes no further.” Pfizer’s Petition to SCOTUS.

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Mens Rea Statute Healthcare Manufacturing 83

SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Xiulu Ruan, one of the petitioners, was a board-certified interventional pain specialist who the government alleges operated an Alabama “pill mill” — a term used to describe doctors, clinics, or pharmacies that prescribe or dispense high volumes of powerful narcotics inappropriately.

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Mens Rea Court Government Manufacturing 88

FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The JAMA editorial notes that there are few Park cases for two primary reasons: [The government] may lead. It’s one thing to prosecute a corporation for the actions of employees since a corporation, while a legal entity, can only act through the individuals that make up that entity. A Park case should be no different.

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Misdemeanor Mens Rea Felony Government 59

LexForti

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This culminated to the passage of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act, and there was a new inclusion to Article 15 clause (3) asserting upon the Government’s authority to enact specific statutory requirement for protection of minors. Both of these modifications were assessed to be crucial.

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Statute Court Mens Rea Legal 52

The Crime Report

MAY 19, 2021

The order recognized that executive agencies have promulgated “thousands of regulations, creating a thicket of requirements that can be difficult to navigate,” and sought to make sure that all regulatory criminal laws are “clearly written so that all Americans can understand what is prohibited and act accordingly.”.

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Mens Rea Criminal Law Lawyer Lawyers 40