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“Hate speech” is protected

August 31, 2017

Transcript – Christi: CNN Legal Analyst Page Pate is here. He’s a Criminal Defense and Constitutional Attorney. And this is important because there is a lot of gray area here. When does hate speech cross the line into a hate crime? Page: I mean, we’re going to see, right? I mean, with all these protests […]

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Page Pate criticizes government response in fentanyl case

July 20, 2017

Attorney Page Pate, in defense of his client charged with drug trafficking, explains how fentanyl-related criminal cases are not as “open and shut” as the government says they are.

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New Healthcare Fraud Arrests and “Pill Mill” Allegations for Prescribing Opioids

July 13, 2017

Doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals were arrested across the country today in a massive healthcare fraud and opioid prescribing case. The case focuses on Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE fraud as well as prescribing unnecessary compound drugs and prescription opioids like fentanyl. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force organized the arrests and targeted doctors, nurses, and health…

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Fentanyl drug crime prosecutions on the rise

June 27, 2017

We have noticed a dramatic spike in the number of fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl and other synthetic opioid prosecutions by the Department of Justice in states across the country. In fact, our firm was recently hired to represent clients in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama who are facing drug conspiracy charges involving fentanyl. Federal law enforcement’s increased […]

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Mistrial in Tensing Case

June 26, 2017

Transcript: Victor: All right, the breaking news out of Ohio, a mistrial has now been declared in the case of a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Africa-American man. Ray Tensing shot Sam DuBose during a traffic stop in July of 2015. Maybe you remember this. It was captured by the officer’s body cam. […]

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