A recent article in a Food and Drug Law Institute publication talks about the important benefits -- and risks -- when a corporate defendant tells the prosecutor that "my lawyer said it was OK." Attorney John Fleder writes that the government has become more aggressive in prosecuting corporate lawyers who become part of a fraudulent scheme, citing the little-known case of a GC sentenced to prison for allegedly obstructing proceedings before the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission.
February 05, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
An article in the most recent issue of the Food and Drug Law Institute’s FDLI Update talks about the important benefits — and risks — when a corporate defendant tells the prosecutor that “my lawyer said it was OK.”
The article (pdf) was written by John Fleder, a principal in the Washington, D.C., office of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara. Fleder writes that the government has become more aggressive in prosecuting corporate lawyers who become part of a fraudulent scheme.
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