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Will Manafort Get a Pardon?

January 18, 2019
TRANSCRIPT: Robyn: CNN legal analyst Page Pate is here with me now to discuss all of this. Great to have you in the studio. Page: Thank you. Robyn: So, after all of this time with the Mueller investigation working on all of this with Paul Manafort, it appears that the President intends to pardon him […]

What is the “FIRST STEP Act” and how would it help people in federal court?

November 25, 2018
These past few weeks, news outlets have been heavily focused on the debate in Congress over the “FIRST STEP Act,” a bipartisan proposal to reform federal sentencing laws and conditions in federal prisons. With the president’s recent endorsement, the First Step Act has a good chance of being passed and signed into law next year. […]

Will the Dimaya decision help federal inmates serve less time?

November 25, 2018
The answer is “maybe.” Earlier this month, the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, along with other district courts in the United States, issued an order calling for a comprehensive review of defendants who may be eligible for resentencing under the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sessions v. Dimaya, which struck down 18 […]

Federal prosecutors send warning notices about opioids to local doctors

October 6, 2018
Federal prosecutors announced yesterday that they have sent letters to 30 doctors in the metro Atlanta and North Georgia area, putting them “on notice” that the federal government believes they are prescribing too much pain medication. While the government describes this as a “notice,” this is really a warning to these doctors that they risk […]

Health care fraud charges filed against doctors and other professionals

June 28, 2018
Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has filed health care fraud charges against 601 people, including 165 doctors and medical professionals. They are being charged them with an array of crimes in additional to health care fraud charges, including illegally prescribing drugs. The arrests were the result of a nationally coordinated health care […]

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