In a recent JAMA editorial (unfortunately behind a paywall), three authors called for increased use of the Park Responsible Corporate Officer doctrine, under which senior level officials at a company…

…The Park doctrine, also known as the “Responsible Corporate Officer” (“RCO”) doctrine, refers to United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975) (here), in which the Court held that the…

…Park and its predecessor, United States v. Dotterweich.  On closer reading, however, the recent letters do not cite the Park doctrine for the usual theory of strict liability for company…

By JP Ellison – We have previously posted both on FDA’s renewed focus on misdemeanor prosecutions of “responsible corporate officers” under the Park doctrine generally, and on the use of…

…633 (8th Cir. 2016). Even if the Park doctrine itself does not implicate “blameworthiness,” however, the facts of the DeCosters’ case demonstrate that pleading guilty to a Park offense without…

By John R. Fleder – We have extensively written about the “Park Doctrine” (see, e.g., here and here) In United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975), the Supreme Court…

…to increase misdemeanor prosecutions against corporate officials under the Park doctrine.  As the amount of penalties paid by corporations for violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”)…

…the owner of the company, and his son, Peter DeCoster, the company’s chief operating officer, under the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine, also known as the Park Doctrine, for introduction of…

…free webinar here.  (Please register by September 29th.) In criminal prosecutions of corporate executives, ignorance of the law and the facts is often no defense.  FDA’s application of the Park…

…others. This fact pattern strongly suggests that this case is an old style Park criminal prosecution where the government files criminal charges under the FDC Act against company officials, without…

…here, and written about it in FDLI’s Top Food and Drug Cases of 2015. This case is among the first in decades to analyze the limits of the Park Doctrine…

…against corporate executives under the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine, or Park Doctrine. Lewis Grossman, professor of law at The American University Washington Colege of Law, says that there now seems…

…FDC Act prosecutions. It appears that this Court may have misunderstood Park. The Eighth Circuit said that misdemeanor liability does not stem from “corporate hierarchy” under Park, but instead turns…

…about the Park Doctrine you want answered during the webinar, then submit your question ahead of time by emailing it to rcs@hpm.com. UPDATE: FDA and the Park Doctrine Slide Presentation   …

…old style Park criminal prosecution where the government files criminal charges under the FDC Act against company officials, without allegations that the defendants intended to violate the law and without…