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US v. Dr. James Heaton, Case No. 20-12568, Losing a §841(a) Challenge in a Post-Ruan World, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (filed 2/14/23).

After the Supreme Court’s opinion in Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S.__, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022),...

Heavy, heavy sentences in a white-collar RICO case; Dentists Behaving Badly; United States v. Hills, Nos. 19-3372, 2022 WL 619928 (6th Cir. Mar. 3. 2022)

This case is a good example of what might be called Piling It On. This appears to me to...

United States v. Duldulao, Case No. 20-13973 (11th Circuit Court of Appeals, filed December 21, 2021) Court allows expert witness with reliability and “candor” issues to testify to ultimate issue in dispute; sufficiency of the evidence challenges denied.

Reading this case, it’s not too difficult to see how the government obtained its conviction since...