With the acquittal of Carl Reichel, the Government’s track record on securing convictions against individuals continues to be very mixed. This article explores possible reasons why and how the government may respond.
In what came as a surprise to many veteran health care attorneys, former Warner Chilcott president W. Carl Reichel was found not guilty of conspiracy to pay kickbacks to health care providers to encourage them to prescribe the company’s drugs. The jury delivered its verdict on June 17 after deliberating the facts of the month-long trial for just two days.
The verdict also comes on the heels of the acquittal of Vascular Solutions CEO Howard Root in a criminal case that alleged a conspiracy to illegally promote sales of a medical device in February and marks another significant setback for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) high-profile effort to prosecute senior executives along with the corporation accused of wrongdoing
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