LATEST SUMMARIES

ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
• US v. Beaver

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, DRUGS & BIOTECH, SANCTIONS
• State of Wisconsin v. Amgen, Inc.

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, SENTENCING
• US v. Shaaban

LATEST SUMMARIES

ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
US v. Beaver, No. 07-1381
Convictions for participating in a price-fixing conspiracy, and making false statements to a federal law enforcement agent who was investigating that conspiracy, are affirmed over defendant's claims that the government failed to prove at trial that a price-fixing conspiracy existed, that he joined the conspiracy, or that he made false statements. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, DRUGS & BIOTECH, SANCTIONS
State of Wisconsin v. Amgen, Inc., No. 07-1999
In an action against defendant charging fraudulent pricing of pharmaceutical drugs in violation of Wisconsin state law, an order remanding the case and sanctioning defendant is affirmed in part as to the remand order, but reversed as to the sanctions where: 1) the filing of a suit under the False Claims Act did not render this case removable; and 2) the paucity of appellate authority on the removability issue gave defendant a reasonable basis for removing the case a third time, and its appeal here was not frivolous. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, SENTENCING
US v. Shaaban, No. 06-2801
In an appeal from a sentence for various offenses relating to defendant's attempt to sell the names of CIA agents working covertly in Iraq to the Iraqi Intelligence Service, defense counsel is relieved from his appointment to represent defendant in circumstances where, contrary to his representations to his client, he failed to file a petition for rehearing after the circuit court affirmed his sentence. Newly appointed counsel for defendant may file a petition for rehearing or motion to withdraw, as appropriate. Read more...