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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a recent unpublished opinion, upheld the conviction and sentencing of former InterMune, Inc. executive Scott Harkonen for wire fraud. In 2009, a jury convicted Harkonen for his role in an InterMune press release that claimed one of its drugs, Actimmune, effectively treated patients for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis—an unapproved indication (or "off-label" use). The district court sentenced Harkonen to three years probation and ordered him to pay a $20,000 fine.
On appeal, Harkonen challenged his conviction on First Amendment grounds, arguing that the press release at issue constituted protected speech. Because First Amendment protections do not extend to fraudulent speech, the court assessed whether the jury's factual findings established that the press release was fraudulent. The court concluded that the evidence at trial supported a finding that it was, reasoning that there was sufficient evidence to show the press release misrepresented the results of clinical analyses of Actimmune; Harkonen knew the press release was misleading; the press release was capable of influencing a doctor's decision to prescribe; and Harkonen had the specific intent to defraud (i.e., to boost sales of the drug). The court also rejected Harkonen's argument that his conviction should be overturned because he was engaging in a genuine scientific debate as to the drug's efficacy—removing his conduct from the scope of the wire fraud statute—saying it was unwilling to disregard the jury's finding that Harkonen acted with the specific intent to defraud.
In two related lawsuits, Harkonen is challenging his five-year exclusion from participation in federal health care programs and is suing the Department of Justice in connection its issuance of a press release regarding Harkonen's conviction.
The case is United States v. Harkonen, No. 11-10209 (9th Cir.), and you can view the March 4 unpublished opinion upholding Harkonen's conviction here.
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Author(s): Camerer, Colin F.; Loewenstein, George; Rabin, Matthew
ISBN 10: 0691116822. See all ISBN's
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Twenty years ago, behavioral economics did not exist as a field. Most economists were deeply skeptical--even antagonistic--toward the idea of importing insights from psychology into their field. Today, behavioral economics has become virtually mainstream. It is well represented in prominent journals and top economics departments, and behavioral economists, including several contributors to this volume, have garnered some of the most prestigious awards in the profession.
This book assembles the most important papers on behavioral economics published since around 1990. Among the 25 articles are many that update and extend earlier foundational contributions, as well as cutting-edge papers that break new theoretical and empirical ground.
Advances in Behavioral Economics will serve as the definitive one-volume resource for those who want to familiarize themselves with the new field or keep up-to-date with the latest developments. It will not only be a core text for students, but will be consulted widely by professional economists, as well as psychologists and social scientists with an interest in how behavioral insights are being applied in economics.
The articles, which follow Colin Camerer and George Loewenstein's introduction, are by the editors, George A. Akerlof, Linda Babcock, Shlomo Benartzi, Vincent P. Crawford, Peter Diamond, Ernst Fehr, Robert H. Frank, Shane Frederick, Simon Gächter, David Genesove, Itzhak Gilboa, Uri Gneezy, Robert M. Hutchens, Daniel Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch, David Laibson, Christopher Mayer, Terrance Odean, Ted O'Donoghue, Aldo Rustichini, David Schmeidler, Klaus M. Schmidt, Eldar Shafir, Hersh M. Shefrin, Chris Starmer, Richard H. Thaler, Amos Tversky, and Janet L. Yellen.
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