USA v. Doud

  1. June 27, 2023

    Supreme Court's Opioid Edict Spawns 'Troubling' Divisions

    Against long odds, two doctors facing decades in prison implored the U.S. Supreme Court to harmonize jury instructions in opioid crisis prosecutions, insisting that innocence in one circuit could be guilt in another. They ultimately prevailed, but one year later, the circuit split surprisingly appears even starker, as one of the doctors eyes freedom, and the other still might live out his life behind bars.

  2. March 08, 2023

    Ex-CEO Convicted In Landmark Opioid Case Gets 27 Months

    The first corporate leader convicted of trafficking charges stemming from the opioid epidemic received a 27-month sentence Wednesday, a punishment that is far lower than the 15 years Manhattan federal prosecutors asked for to send a message to "white collar drug dealers."

  3. March 02, 2023

    Feds Want 15 Years For Former CEO In Landmark Opioid Case

    New York federal prosecutors want a 15-year prison sentence for the first corporate leader convicted of trafficking charges stemming from the opioid crisis, saying he "bears great responsibility" for fueling the epidemic.

  4. February 24, 2023

    Ex-Pharma CEO Can't Undo Landmark Opioid Conviction

    A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to toss the landmark conviction of the first corporate leader convicted on drug trafficking charges stemming from the opioid crisis, ruling that a rational jury could find that the former executive knowingly conspired to illegally distribute narcotics.

  5. February 16, 2022

    Ex-Pharma CEO Wants Landmark Opioid Conviction Tossed

    The first corporate leader to be convicted of drug trafficking charges stemming from the opioid crisis is asking a Manhattan federal court to reject the verdict, arguing Wednesday that prosecutors didn't prove he schemed to boost revenue by selling to pill mills.

  6. February 02, 2022

    Ex-Drug Co-Op CEO Convicted In Landmark Opioid Case

    A federal jury in New York on Wednesday convicted former Rochester Drug Co-Operative Inc. CEO Laurence Doud of narcotics conspiracy, endorsing a novel case that sought to hold a corporate leader accountable for fueling the nation's opioid crisis.

  7. January 31, 2022

    Feds Tell Jury Ex-Drug Co-Op CEO To Blame For Opioid Crisis

    Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Monday that former Rochester Drug Cooperative CEO Larry Doud encouraged painkiller addiction to make money, a charge that was rejected by Doud's counsel as a misleading bid to scapegoat him for the opioid crisis.

  8. January 27, 2022

    'Street Level' Oxy Pusher Admits Tricking Ex-CEO's Company

    The Manhattan U.S. attorney's drug conspiracy case against former Rochester Drug Cooperative CEO Larry Doud inched toward completion Thursday after an opioid pusher told jurors he never met Doud and got meds from the company by lying about his pharmacy's operations.

  9. January 24, 2022

    Ex-Compliance Boss Walks Fine Line At Oxy Conspiracy Trial

    A former pharmacy distribution compliance manager told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that he blames his former CEO boss for diverting opioids to non-legitimate patients, but he also spoke of efforts to comply with the law and said nobody intended for meds to wind up on the streets.

  10. January 19, 2022

    Emails In Ex-CEO's Oxy Trial Cut Both Ways On Compliance

    A Manhattan federal jury saw emails Wednesday that showed a former pharmacy distribution CEO, charged with scheming to sell opioids to shady customers, supported staying within the law, but also went to bat for customers who demanded big medication shipments.