Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) March 15, 2013
The recent U.S. v. Caronia decision in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals indicates that a drug rep’s communication with a government informant physician about the off-label use of a drug for non-FDA authorized utilizes is protected commercial totally free speech.

According to panelists on The American Law Journal, this ruling could have a dramatic effect on promotion of prescription drugs. Also affected are doctors and the practice of wellness care and the government prosecution of drug firms in coordination with attorneys for off-label advertising and marketing that to date has yielded billions of dollars in civil and criminal settlements.

On the internet now and airing Sunday at 5:30 p.m. (March 17) on the Philadelphia CNN-News affiliate WFMZ-Television, The American Law Journal presents “Drug Organizations, Off-Label Advertising & Free Speech” in the aftermath of U.S. v. Caronia. Joining host Christopher Naughton are New York criminal defense attorney Jennifer L. McCann who represented drug rep Alfred Caronia Plaintiff’s counsel Brian J. McCormick, Jr. of Sheller, P.C. journalist Ed Silverman with Pharmalot and from the CNN Washington, D.C. studios, former FDA counsel Anne K. Walsh, now representing drug firms with Hyman, Phelps & McNamara.

The Legal Intelligencer newspaper’s senior staff writer Gina Passarella supplies background on the Caronia case in an opening function report.

“This is a very essential choice that impacts businesses and I feel we will see a lot of modify in the way the government prosecutes its instances,” says Walsh.

Counters McCormick “this thought of corporate totally free speech is one we ought to be worried about. [But] the case just decided in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (U.S. v. Harkonen) with related concerns… ruled the other way [giving] the Department of Justice [and] whistleblower lawyers one thing to hang their hats on.”

The American Law Journal program can be viewed on-line now as properly as televised Sunday, March 17 at five:30 p.m. on the Philadelphia CNN-News affiliate WFMZ-Tv.

WFMZ-Tv cable and satellite system channels: http://bit.ly/ALJchannels. FiOS system subscribers tune to channel 15.

Next week: “Bankruptcy: Chapters 7 & 13- Loan Modifications & Renegotiating Mortgages.”

Case cited: U.S. v. Caronia, Docket No. 09-5006-cr (2010)
Case cited: U.S. v. Harkonen, Docket No. 08-0164-cr (2008)

About The American Law Journal

The American Law Journal is the weekly speak-feature system airing Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at five:30 p.m. on the CNN-News affiliate in Philadelphia, WFMZ-Tv to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and on the internet. On the air over twenty years, the plan discusses consumer, company and Constitutional problems with attorneys, law professors, judges, elected officials and others to shed light on current legal news and how the technique impacts the each day lives of citizens.

Programs are live or taped in studio and on location in and around Philadelphia.

For data, schedules, archived applications and a lot more, go to: http://www.LawJournalTV.com.





Much more Loan Modification Press Releases