In a case closely watched by general counsel, a federal judge on Monday ruled against former General Counsel Howard Udell and two fellow drug company executives who were debarred from working at companies that do business with Medicare/Medicaid or other federal programs.
Mr. Udell, who worked at Purdue Frederick Company Inc., is the first known general counsel of a major company to be excluded from federal programs based on the so-called “responsible corporate officer” doctrine. The case stems from the misbranding of the addictive painkiller Oxycontin.
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