Even Crazy Eddie Knows "Corporations Don't Commit Crimes, People Commit Crimes" - But Biotronik Settles

The deals the government gives are INSANE!!!  Just ask Crazy Eddie's former Chief Financial Officer. The Former Crazy Eddie CFO on Impun...

The Bigger They Come, the Softer They Fall - the Size of Pharma Companies and How Vigorously they are Prosecuted

After we found lessons to be learned from even  relatively small legal cases involving medical device companies, we reviewed some relativel...

Drip, Drip, Drip - the Steady Accumulation of Little Cases Pointing to Big Problems

Sometimes an apparently insignificant noise can signal a big problem, like the sound of dripping water in a room with no visible plumbing. T...

A "Bag of Money," but Executive Says Don't "Give Me Any of that Ethics Cr*p" - DaVita's Latest Settlement for $400 Million

A striking story of a large recent legal settlement, with reminders of previous related settlements, quietly slipped out in the midst of the...

Shire Settles Claims of Deceptive Marketing of Multiple Drugs for $56.8 Million, No Individual Held Responsible

Here we go again.  A big drug company has settled claims of deceptive marketing, yet no individual was held accountable.  The most extensive...

Being a Health Care CEO Means Never Having to Say You Are Sorry - (Michael) Covert Edition

Physicians and other health care professionals are increasingly subject to various measures of their quality, productivity, and "value,...

Desperate, Vulnerable Research Subjects, Cost-Cutting Contract Research Organizations and Threats to the Integrity of Clinical Research

Introduction - Clinical Research Done by Contract Research Organizations Dr Carl Elliott seems to be one of the few people willing to invest...