Weight Loss Advertisements Found Deceptive and Misleading – Conspiracy and Healthcare Fraud Violations

The 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign is embroiled in a criminal investigation for healthcare fraud and other violationsThe FDA and FBI are investigating.

HHS Lambasts Dietary Supplement Companies and Weight Loss & Immune Support Dietary Supplements

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued two reports lambasting dietary supplement companies, particularly over structure-function claims related to weight [...]

Cleveland Clinic promotes second medical opinion – telemedicine consults can fit legal exception

Cleveland Clinic is marketing an online second opinion service for patients who live outside Ohio but want medical input.There are many ways to take advantage of telemedicine laws to provide [...]

Proposed legislation for mobile applications would change telemedicine legal landscape

Telemedicine laws will change if the U.S. Congress enacts the “Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act” (“HIMTA”), a bill which seeks to establish the “Office of Mobile Health” [...]

Michael H. Cohen again quoted in The Tan Sheet

Attorney Michael H. Cohen was quoted as a legal authority in FDA and FTC law in an article in the popular industry weekly "The Tan Sheet" (vol. 20, no. 39) about anticarcinogenic effect claims in [...]