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Sean M. Ellsworth has appeared as a guest on national television as well as in national media outlets with regard to both his firm’s cases and on the topic of health care criminal law. Mr. Ellsworth frequently speaks on the topic of health care criminal and licensure cases and was an invited speaker at the Southeastern Health Care Fraud Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Ellsworth was also an invited speaker at the American College of Trial Lawyers annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on the topic of "The Dark Side of Technology in Jury Trials," after his successful defense in the case of United States v. Serge Francois, which involved a federal Internet pharmacy prosecution in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Below is a sample of some of Mr. Ellsworth’s media appearances.

Sean M. Ellsworth on CNBC National Capital Report

Mr. Ellsworth was interviewed on CNBC’s Capital Report with regard to his representation of a Florida pharmacy client that utilized the Internet to assist with its pharmacy practice.

Sean M. Ellsworth Quoted on CBS Marketwatch

CBS Market Watch ran a story about a pharmacy and pharmacist being prosecuted by the State of Florida for filling prescriptions generated by a physician/patient interaction over the Internet. After an evidentiary hearing, all charges against the pharmacist were dismissed.

Sean M. Ellsworth Makes an Appearance as a Guest on WLRN Radio’s Tropical Currents

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Sean M. Ellsworth is a Guest on Lawyer2Lawyer

Jurors Twittering details of a trial. Jurors Googling information about a case. And last month, a Judge declaring a mistrial in a big federal drug case in Florida when jurors conducted research online. Click on the LEGAL TALK NETWORK link below to listen to the audio:

Miami Herald: Charges dismissed in South Florida Internet Drug Case

A month after a mistrial was declared in an Internet drug-dealing case because jurors improperly conducted their own investigation using the Web, charges against some defendants were dropped.

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New Times: Jurors and Prosecutors Sink a Federal Case Against Internet Pharmacies

Between February and April, a rather remarkable legal drama unfolded in U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch's courtroom in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Federal prosecutors had spent two years building their argument against doctors, pharmacists, and businessmen who were operating an internet pharmacy network. But midway through the trial, their efforts unraveled in spectacular fashion.

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