The AffPower network Internet pharmacy trial began this week in the Southern District of California for the remaining AffPower defendants Dolores Lovin, Mary Aronson, Richard Edward Koch, Philip James Bidwell, Jeffrey A. Light, Tracy ONeal Tyler and Peter P. Bragansa. This case is unique in that the Government seeks to prosecute Internet pharmacy affiliates as well as [...]
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Ryan Haight Act
The final rule on the “Implementation of the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act” (aka Ryan Haight Act) was published in the Federal Register Monday by the DEA and DOJ. It can be found here. It draws some interesting conclusions with respect to internet pharmacy law, and the new regulations only serve to increase already existing legal ambiguity.
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The development of Internet pharmacy law is really only in its infancy. This may come as a surprise to those who have witnessed numerous pre Ryan Haight Act prosecutions over the last five years. While there have been many indictments, convictions, mistrials and acquittals in the past few years, Appellate Courts have yet to render decisions on some of [...]
After pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, Steven Rosner was sentenced to 33 months by a Judge in the Northern District of Texas for his role in an internet pharmacy operation. According to the original 201 count indictment, Rosner operated offerpills.com and clickonmed.net to facilitate the distribution of controlled substances, paid doctors Arceli [...]
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The judge in U.S. v. Hernandez (06-600027), a federal internet pharmacy trial in Florida (in its eighth week), has declared a mistrial, after numerous jurors admitted to doing their own internet research via their handheld phones during deliberations. The jury was leaning towards an acquittal.
This trial has certainly had its share of distractions. Only a few weeks prior to the [...]
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After an administrative hearing last December, an administrative judge revoked the licenses of Hogan’s Pharmacy owners, Mark and Jolane Poindexter, and pharmacist Rick Kloxin for their involvement with an internet pharmacy. According to the Hutchinson News:
The judge determined that [they] . . . essentially were running two different businesses out of Hogan’s Pharmacy in Lyons. The “front” [...]
