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State of Nevada Says Facility Exposed Patients to Disease
Following the discovery in January 2008 that three patients at the Endoscopy Center of Nevada had developed acute cases of hepatitis C, the Southern Nevada Health District published a warning to patients of the Center, advising those who received injected anesthesia medication there between March 2004 and Jan. 11, 2008 to be tested for hepatitis C as well as hepatitis B and HIV. Thus far, six patients of the Center have been found to be infected. The Health District determined that the infections were caused by the patients' exposure to the blood of other patients through unsafe anesthesia injection practices: A syringe used to inject anesthesia was used again to draw more anesthesia from the vial, then anesthesia from that same vial was used on another patient. Although in employing this method the syringes used on subsequent patients were new ones, the anesthesia drawn from the used vials was likely to have been tainted with the blood of the previous patient(s).
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.