GRAND RAPIDS – Samuel P. Copeland, D.O., located in Traverse City, Michigan, entered into a settlement with the United States in which he agreed to…
INDIANAPOLIS – Today, the Justice Department found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing (Nursing Board) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by prohibiting nurses who take medication to…
BOSTON – United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announced today that an agreement has been reached with the Massachusetts Trial Court to resolve allegations that its drug court violated the…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments should review the tax deductions four drugmakers made related to their $26 billion opioid settlement, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee…
By Dietrich Knauth – Rhode Island is set to square off on Monday against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, as a multibillion-dollar trial begins over whether the Israeli company contributed to…
By Nate Raymond – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with the circumstances under which doctors can be convicted of operating as drug dealers under the cover of their…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States filed an amended civil complaint against pharmacist Todd Goodman and pharmacy employees Eric Pestrack and Lee Kamp…
Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost released a study Thursday and suggested there is a link between the distribution of COVID-19 pandemic-related stimulus checks and high rates of opioid-related overdoses…
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin blasted Dr. Robert Califf, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, in a speech on the Senate floor Monday, saying…
– Members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma are weighing whether to add $1 billion to the OxyContin-maker’s faltering opioid settlement bid in an effort to win…
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM -Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Wednesday it was bracing to pay as much as $3.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging…
DANVILLE, Va. – A former registered nurse working at Sovah Health-Danville was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products (fentanyl and hydromorphone) and making…
(This Dec. 30 story refiles to add dropped words “members of” in last paragraph) By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd fueled opioid addiction in New York…
CHICAGO — An administrative assistant at a suburban Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions to an acquaintance. AMANDA BIESIADA…
WASHINGTON ― The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling more than $300 million to help combat America’s substance use crisis, which has worsened…
Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on December 10, 2021, Lisa Hofschulz (age: 61), formerly a licensed nurse practitioner in the state of Wisconsin, was sentenced to…
NASHVILLE – Charging documents unsealed yesterday charge six more individuals in relation to a massive opioid distribution and health care fraud conspiracy orchestrated from pharmacies in Celina, Tennessee, announced Acting…
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court overturned a $465 million public nuisance judgment against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Tuesday. The earlier ruling from a lower court blamed the company for the opioid…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), joined the Department of Justice Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and Europol announcing the results…
A federal court in Florida ordered a Tampa-area pharmacy shut down and prohibited two of its employees from ever owning, managing or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed.…
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today began her statewide ‘HealNY’ tour of New York state, where she will begin delivering the first of up to $1.5…
AG James Continues Statewide ‘HealNY’ Tour to Deliver Money to Cities and Counties Ravaged by Opioid Epidemic, Stops in Albany County Today NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia…
AG James Continues Statewide ‘HealNY’ Tour to Deliver Money to Cities and Counties Ravaged by Opioid Epidemic, Stops in Westchester County Today NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia…
Elected Officials and Advocates Across Long Island Praise AG James’ Continued Efforts to Deliver Funds for Opioid Abatement to Nassau and Suffolk Counties NEW YORK – After New York Attorney…
Elected Officials and Advocates Across New York City Praise AG James’ Continued Efforts to Deliver Funds for Opioid Abatement to Five Boroughs NEW YORK – After New York Attorney General…