USA v. Doud

  1. January 18, 2022

    Ex-CEO's Atty Blasts Feds' 'Sales Over Safety' Oxy Charges

    Former Rochester Drug Cooperative CEO Laurence Doud operated the medication distribution company consistent with the law, his counsel told a federal jury Tuesday, rejecting as false the Manhattan U.S. attorney's opioid conspiracy case that could put the retired exec away for the rest of his life.

  2. January 14, 2022

    Pharma Exec's Drug Trafficking Trial Tests Bold Legal Theory

    The drug trafficking trial of a former pharmaceutical executive opening in Manhattan federal court Tuesday will test whether sales of opioids to suspected pill mills can amount to narcotics conspiracy, an unprecedented case carrying major implications for the government's response to the addiction crisis.

  3. January 06, 2022

    No DQ For NY Fed. Prosecutor In Opioid Case Against Ex-CEO

    A federal judge held Thursday that a prosecutor from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office may stay on a team preparing for the trial of a former drug company CEO charged with criminal opioid conspiracy despite the prosecutor's prior work in private litigation where the executive was deposed.

  4. December 21, 2021

    DOJ Opioid Trial Team Tainted By Kirkland Ties, Ex-CEO Says

    A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer who acquired "inside knowledge" about a drug distributor while at Kirkland & Ellis has seemingly been enlisted to exploit that knowledge in the opioid prosecution of the distributor's ex-CEO, and the DOJ's entire trial team should be disqualified, according to filings in New York federal court.

  5. September 01, 2021

    Ex-Drug Distributor CEO Slated For January Opioid Trial

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday set an early 2022 trial date for former pharmaceutical CEO Laurence F. Doud, who's facing drug trafficking charges stemming from a purported scheme to funnel opioids to suspect pharmacies.

  6. October 21, 2020

    Where DOJ's Opioid Blitz Stands After Purdue's Criminal Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice's multibillion-dollar felony case blaming Purdue Pharma for "a national tragedy of addiction and deaths" involving narcotic painkillers is just one part of the DOJ's fast-growing criminal crackdown on the drug industry's opioid-crisis profiteering.

  7. January 29, 2020

    Pharma CEO Asks Judge To Toss Opioid Trafficking Charge

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday grilled attorneys for a former pharmaceutical executive facing drug trafficking charges over his alleged role in the opioid crisis, questioning why the novelty of the narcotics case against him means the charge can't stand.

  8. October 22, 2019

    Feds Slam Pharma CEO's Bid To Nix Opioid Trafficking Charge

    The former CEO of a pharmaceutical distributor accused of flooding drug markets with millions of opioids can't escape prosecution just because his scheme took place in a boardroom instead of on a street corner, prosecutors said Tuesday in New York federal court.

  9. October 02, 2019

    Opioid Distributor CEO Seeks To Toss Drug Trafficking Charge

    The former CEO of the first opioid distributor to face drug trafficking conspiracy urged a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss the charge on Tuesday, saying the law applies to health care practitioners but not those further up the supply chain.

  10. July 31, 2019

    Drug Distributor's Ex-CEO Faces May Trial Over Opioid Sales

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday set a May trial date for the former CEO of New York drug distributor Rochester Drug Co-Operative Inc. for selling prescription opioids to pharmacies despite clear evidence the drugs were being diverted for illicit use.