Pfizer must pay $142M over Neurontin marketing 
Published: April 8, 2013
Tags: fraud, fraudulent marketing, health insurance, Neurontin, off-label uses, Pfizer, pharmaceutical litigation, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO
Drug maker Pfizer violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by engaging in a fraudulent marketing scheme promoting the epilepsy drug Neurontin for “off-label” uses, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Benchmarks: Tobacco giants would admit ‘lies’ under judge’s order
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 29, 2012
Tags: cigarettes, product liability, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO, tobacco litigation
A federal judge has ordered the nation’s top cigarette makers to issue public statements to correct decades of “false and misleading” claims about the dangers and addictiveness of smoking.
Workers’ comp claimants can sue under RICO
Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: McCarran-Ferguson Act, preemption, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO, workers' compensation
Employees could pursue a RICO lawsuit against their employer for wrongfully denying their claims for workers’ compensation benefits, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Employer can be sued under RICO for hiring illegals
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 27, 2010
Tags: illegal aliens, immigration, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
A restaurant chain could be sued for racketeering based on allegations that it facilitated the hiring of employees who had entered the country illegally, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
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