The First Circuit upheld a landmark verdict convicting five former Insys Therapeutics executives of a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids, ruling Wednesday that a jury got it right and that the district court was wrong to throw out some racketeering convictions.
Opioid maker Insys founder, others lose appeals of convictions
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1st Circ. Hints Insys Execs Convictions Will Stand
Law360 (May 6, 2021, 5:16 PM EDT) Emotional patient testimony and a prosecutor s improper remark during closing arguments likely aren t enough to overturn a landmark verdict convicting five former Insys Therapeutics executives of a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids, a First Circuit panel suggested Thursday.
The panel heard nearly two hours of oral arguments in the appeals of Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and former underlings Michael Gurry, Rich Simon, Joe Rowan and Sunrise Lee, as well as the government s bid to reinstate part of the racketeering conviction that was thrown out by the trial judge.