CEO SUMMARY: This was the first criminal case involving anti-kickback violations brought against executives of a public laboratory company. Federal prosecutors charged the defendants with offering inducements to referring physicians in several ways. Defense counsel rebutted the prosecutionās case, using several arguments that many laboratory compliance experts would consider both novel and unlikely. This story […]
Defense Attorneys Discuss Details Of UroCor Jury Trial
ACQUITTAL FOR THREE DEFENDANTS
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XIII No. 10 - July 24, 2006 Issue
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