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de·fen·dants

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  1. Letitia James:

    The opioid epidemic has ravaged families and communities across New York, we found that pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors engaged in years of deceptive marketing about the risks of opioids and failed to exercise their basic duty to report suspicious behavior, leading to the crisis we are living with today. As the Sackler Family and the other defendants grew richer, New Yorkers' health grew poorer and our state was left to foot the bill.

  2. Andrew Ceresney:

    In ordering this significant monetary relief, the court recognized the egregious nature of their misconduct, noting that the defendants engaged in 'serious violations' of the securities laws, that they 'deprived the investing public of the information it needed to make a fully informed decision about whether to invest in Life Partners.

  3. District Judge Thomas Hogan:

    It has become evident to me in the riot cases that many of the defendants who are pleading guilty are not truly accepting responsibility, they seem to me to be trying to get this out of the way as quickly and as inexpensively as possible -- stating whatever they have to say in the guilty plea, getting probation, and hoping that would be the end of it.

  4. Mimi Rocah:

    John Gleeson's one of these people that's very guided by principle and what John Gleeson thinks is the right thing to do, which I think is important here, john Gleeson really is a judge who is very concerned about looking out for the rights of defendants. Michael Flynn is Michael Flynn and a person with rights.

  5. Mimi Rocah:

    John Gleeson really is a judge who is very concerned about looking out for the rights of defendants. Michael Flynn is Michael Flynn and a person with rights.

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