A Legal Doctrine That Worries Pharma Defense LawyersPosted: Sep 13, 2011 The "responsible corporate officer doctrine" revived in three recent cases, holding executives personally and criminally responsible for violations of U.S. food and drug laws, fails to uphold the traditional attorney-client relationship between executive and general counsel. ACC filed an amicus brief in one case, noting that the exclusion authority applied misconstrues the role of in-house counsel. Read the full post by Vanessa O'Connell at www.blogs.wsj.com/law.
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