SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

Even in the midst of a historic opioid crisis, and an intensely fractured Supreme Court term, the justices found common ground in longstanding presumptions of criminal law and the core principle of physician discretion. The case, Ruan v. The question was whether a doctor’s subjective intent in prescribing matters.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

She was charged under Louisiana law with malfeasance in office. What is interesting about the law is how broad the language is. It not only allows a criminal charge for anyone who intentionally refuses or fails to perform any lawfully required duty, but also allows a charge for permitting any other public employee to fail to do so.

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LexForti

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Teesha Deb (National Law University, Orissa). The author is associated to the National Law University, Orissa. Before establishment of this statute, there was the absence of any special law which could be entirely designated for the offenses perpetrated against minors. INTRODUCTION.

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Statute Court Mens Rea Legal 52

JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

In past columns, we have discussed how Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe seems intent upon running through the entire criminal code in declaring clear evidence of every federal crime by former President Donald Trump and/or his family. You don’t have to go to law school to know that there’s something seriously criminal about that.

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