On January 15, 2009 Eli Lilly pled guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of illegally marketing Zyprexa for off-label use, and agreed to pay $1.4 billion.

Litigation by Nixon against tobacco companies for illegally marketing cigarettes to young people resulted in the largest settlement in the history of the state.

This work included the largest recovery in a healthcare fraud investigation in U.S. history against a major pharmaceutical company that illegally marketed drugs at the expense of consumer safety.

Elan illegally marketed Zonegran to low-income and foster children for treatment of neuropathic pain, obesity, headaches and a variety of psychiatric conditions.

Federal regulators are investigating whether Verizon Communications illegally marketed its long-distance service in New Jersey before receiving government permission to sell it there.

And last month, the company was accused by the California attorney general of illegally marketing and selling high-cost loans as "instant" tax refunds.

Illegal promotion for OxyContin: A major pharmaceutical company and three executives were convicted for having falsely labeled, promoted, and illegally marketed a potent pain reliever.

In October 2011, the company agreed to pay at least $1.3 billion for illegally marketing its Depakote epilepsy drug to the U.S. government and 24 states.

A "whistleblower suit" was filed against Wyeth in 2005 alleging that the company illegally marketed their drug Rapamune.

In the Bextra case, the government also charged Pfizer with illegally marketing another antipsychotic, Geodon.