Food and Drug Crimes: White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement
Crowell & Moring attorneys have broad experience in defending criminal charges springing from violation of food and drug regulations and statutes. Such cases are often handled in concert with our Health Care practice group. Examples include:
- Representation of the leading blood bank in the New York metropolitan area, and one of the largest in the country, in two grand jury investigations of alleged falsification of viral testing. Despite the convictions of two lab supervisors, no criminal charges were brought against our client
- Defense of the vice president for quality assurance of a major pharmaceutical company through the course of a grand jury investigation and trial on charges stemming from alleged failure to report the results of certain safety tests. Our client was acquitted, despite his company's guilty plea and payment of a $10 million fine
- Defense of a food company executive against charges of making false statements to a federal agency in connection with the largest food recall in U.S. history. Our client was acquitted when the trial judge granted our motion for acquittal at the close of the government's case.