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SEC Reaches First Deferred Prosecution Agreement with an Individual
Posted on 15 Nov 2013 by Steven A. Meyerowitz

The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached its first deferred prosecution agreement with an individual. According to the SEC’s DPA with Scott Herckis: Herckis served as administrator for Connecticut-based Heppelwhite Fund LP, which was... Read More

Tags: SEC , DPA , financial fraud

Deferred Prosecution Agreements Now Available in the UK
Posted on 14 Feb 2014 by Steven A. Meyerowitz

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom appear to be following the U.S. Justice Department’s lead and are going to be able to use deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), beginning on February 24. Toward that end, the director of the U.K. Serious Fraud... Read More

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Lidoderm Settlement Costs Endo Pharmaceuticals $192.7 Million
Posted on 21 Feb 2014 by Steven A. Meyerowitz

Pharmaceutical company Endo Health Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. have agreed to pay $192.7 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from Endo’s marketing of the prescription drug Lidoderm for uses not... Read More

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