Ethics

Citing Misconduct By Arizona Federal Prosecutor, Judge Tosses Drug Case

Rachel Cannon, AUSA, is an Unethical Prosecutor
Another day, another unethical federal prosecutor: A federal judge has found that a prosecutor in U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald's office committed prosecutorial misconduct by allowing a government witness to testify falsely in a drug conspiracy trial that resulted in the convictions of four defendants in March...

Former Chief Drug Prosecutor Will Become Inmate
DetroitNews.com has a story today about a former Wayne County chief drug prosecutor's guilty plea to a charge of misconduct in office: [The former prosecutor], [a] Wayne County Circuit Judge...

DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility: Protecting Their Own
What are the odds that a federal prosecutor will be punished for prosecutorial misconduct? The odds are about 50-to-1 that a prosecutor who is reported for prosecutorial misconduct will not receive even a slap on the wrist...

Around the web, December 16
Someone leaked SEIU's Employee Free Choice Act "cheat sheet" [Big Government via @Eric_B_Meyer] "Shameful" prosecutorial misconduct, lack of evidence: judge tosses charges against last two defendants in Broadcom backdating case [AP, Ribstein] "Date set for 'apartheid' class action" [Daily...

Federal prosecutors again found to have committed severe misconduct
This article from the Chicago Tribune, headlined "Prosecutorial misconduct seen in drug trial: Witness allowed to testify falsely, federal Judge Joan Lefkow rules," reports on yet another disturbing case of federal prosecutorial misconduct emerging from a prominent US Attorney's Office...

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Drug Manufacturer Rebates
Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands.

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

FDA Issues Warning Regarding Topical Ibuprofen Drug Products
Topical Ibuprofen Drug Products FDA Issues Warning Letters

Digitek Recalled
the heart drug allegedly contains double the medication that it should