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  1. January 02, 2017

    Trials To Watch In 2017

    Trial watchers will have plenty to choose from heading into 2017, including a reprise of the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP drama, a criminal fraud trial against former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli, and a continuing stream of trials over General Motors' allegedly defective ignition switches.

  2. December 19, 2016

    Judge Wrongly Limited Meningitis Outbreak Trial, Gov't Says

    Prosecutors on Monday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reconsider granting separate murder trials for two former compounding pharmacy executives and limiting evidence to one representative victim of the dozens killed by a 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying "murders are not fungible" and the ruling hobbles the government's case.

  3. December 15, 2016

    Pharmacy Execs Score Separate Trials Over Deadly Outbreak

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday agreed to try separately two top executives of a now-defunct Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012, saying he was reluctant to add another trial in the matter but found it necessary under the circumstances.

  4. December 09, 2016

    Pharmacy Execs Want Separate Trials Over Deadly Outbreak

    Two top executives of the defunct Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012 told a federal judge Friday that they should be tried separately, a request that came less than a month before jury selection in their murder case is set to begin.

  5. November 17, 2016

    Judge Nixes Some Claims In Meningitis Outbreak Litigation

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday dismissed some state-based claims against a Tennessee surgery center whose patients were allegedly injured in the fatal New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak.

  6. November 16, 2016

    Pharmacist Facing Murder Charges Seeks MDL Docs

    One of two defendants facing second-degree murder charges for their alleged role at a pharmacy connected to a fatal meningitis outbreak asked a federal judge in Boston on Wednesday for access to documents in a related civil case that his co-defendant has already received.

  7. November 09, 2016

    Pharmacy Execs Linked To Meningitis Outbreak Get Probation

    Two executives at a now-defunct Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak were sentenced to probation for structuring bank withdrawals to avoid federal scrutiny.

  8. November 09, 2016

    Pharmacists Blast Feds' Bid For Redo In Meningitis Case

    Former New England Compounding Center pharmacists whose charges over a fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak were tossed urged a judge on Tuesday not to reconsider that decision, saying the government is blowing hot air.

  9. November 04, 2016

    Couple Convicted After Meningitis Outbreak Ask For Probation

    A majority shareholder in the now-bankrupt New England Compounding Center and her husband, who admitted to making illegal cash withdrawals following a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012 caused by fungus-tainted steroid injections the company distributed, urged a Massachusetts federal judge Friday to keep them out of prison.

  10. November 03, 2016

    Employees Can't Trim RICO Claims In Meningitis Outbreak Suit

    Two former New England Compounding Center workers can't dodge charges over the 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying their filings showed confusion as to "well-settled" grounds for mail fraud.