Press Coverage February 23, 2026

Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Kickback Indictment Involving 10 Doctors, Pharma Executives

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Paul E. Coggins Jennifer McCoy Alexandra Lancey Whitney Lynn Taylor

Paul Coggins, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy, + Enforcement Practice Group, was quoted in the February 23, 2026 The Texas Lawbook article, “Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Kickback Indictment Involving 10 Doctors, Pharma Executives.”

  • “The original indictment reached back ten years and had a duplicity problem, merging two different conspiracies into one,” said Paul Coggins, co-counsel for lead defendant Amir Mortazavi. “It stretched conspiracy law past the breaking point.”
  • Coggins, with Troutman Pepper Locke, said the federal government attempted to resolve the issue by returning a superseding indictment, which rendered the case outside the five-year statute of limitations.
  • “The government rightly moved to dismiss the suit,” said Coggins, who teamed with co-lead counsel Jennifer McCoy and attorneys Alex Lancey and Whitney Taylor.
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