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Redefined Blog
Alumni Spotlight: Preston Zimmerman
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Meet Preston Zimmerman (MSL 2022), a pharmaceutical packaging sales director. In the Q&A below, he shares what inspired him to choose the online Master of Studies…
FCPA Professor
Clinical Trials
By Mike Koehler
The recent enforcement action against Novartis (the second time the company has resolved an Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matter) concerned, in part, a clinical trial. According to the DOJ’s information,…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Two Men Accused of Selling Prescription Drugs at Parsippany Adult Video Store
Parsippany NJ police recently arrested two men accused of illegally selling prescription drugs and synthetic drugs at an adult video store. The suspects, a Parsippany man and a Livingston man,…
Health Law Rx
Florida Acknowledges Exemption for Intracompany Sales of Pharmaceuticals
By Sheryl D. Rosen, Martin R. Dix
A new declaratory statement from Florida regulators clarifies the restrictions on intracompany sales of pharmaceuticals. Previously, if one pharmacy in Florida wanted to send a bottle of prescription medicine to…
BeLabor the Point
United States Supreme Court Says Pharmaceutical Reps are FLSA Exempt Outside Salespeople
The U.S. Supreme Court handed the pharmaceutical industry a huge victory in the battle over whether pharmaceutical sales representatives are entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).…
Law and the Workplace
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument On Whether Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Exempt From Overtime
Yesterday, in a packed courtroom, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 11-204 (on appeal from the Ninth Circuit) to determine whether…
Robin Mashal's Blog
Google Pays $500M to Avoid Prosecution for Running Canadian Pharmacy Ads
By Robin Mashal
Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has entered a Non-Prosecution Agreement ("NPA") with the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ"), whereby Google will disgorge its AdWords gross revenues for running Canadian pharmacy…
California Employment Law Update
Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Were Properly Classified As Exempt Outside Sales Employees
By Tony Oncidi
Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 635 F.3d 383 (2011) Michael Christopher and Frank Buchanan were employed as pharmaceutical sales representatives (“PSRs”) of SmithKline d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline (“Glaxo”) and were classified as…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
A Tough Pill Spill to Swallow – Drug Company Hit With Lawsuit Challenging Exempt Status of Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives
On December 21, 2010, a former employee of drug company, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. filed a lawsuit alleging that Daiichi misclassified pharmaceutical sales representatives (“Sales Reps”) as exempt employees thereby improperly…
Life Sciences Legal Update
A Media Campaign Questions the French Monopolistic Sale of Pharmaceutical Products
By Erin Bailey
This post was written by Paule Drouault-Gardrat and Julie Gottenberg. Under French Law, pharmacies benefit from a monopoly on the sale of medicinal products. This monopoly covers reimbursed and non-reimbursed pharmaceutical…