On the heels of the recent decision in Ruan v. United States, a Florida pharmacy is at the steps of the Supreme Court arguing that the DEA has unconstitutionally encroached on the practice of pharmacies dispensing opioid prescriptions. Should the Supreme Court take up this challenge it would be in a position to extend the Ruan decision to the practice of pharmacy and restrict the DEA’s powers to discipline pharmacists.

Securing acquittal in opioid prescribing or “pill mill” cases is a daunting task. Federal criminal defense attorney Ronald Chapman is

Detroit Federal Health Care Fraud Defense Attorney Secures Another Victory. A Detroit federal jury acquitted four physicians of allegations that they engaged in a $454 million dollar healthcare fraud and opioid scheme and conspiracy spanning six years. After six weens of testimony and just ten hours of deliberations the jury acquitted the four physicians of healthcare fraud, unlawful prescribing and conspiracy.

I’ve been waiting 10 years to see how the government attones for the circuit split in physician opioid prescribing cases, and today is the day. The Government filed its brief in Ruan v. United States, the single most important physician prescribing case of our time which will have a profound impact on pain patients and physicians. I break down their strategy.