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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

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Dr. Xiulu Ruan, one of the petitioners, was a board-certified interventional pain specialist who the government alleges operated an Alabama “pill mill” — a term used to describe doctors, clinics, or pharmacies that prescribe or dispense high volumes of powerful narcotics inappropriately.

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Venue (and Changing Venue) in Criminal Trade Secret Cases

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Smith is a software engineer from Mobile, Alabama. Throughout this entire time, Smith was in Alabama, not Florida. Of these, elements 1 and 4 are mens rea elements rather than conduct elements and so the 11th Circuit found them irrelevant to the venue question. Orlando is in the Middle District of Florida. ” U.S.