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CRANE, J.P., KRAUSMAN, FISHER and LIFSON, JJ. Shelley Waln, appellant, v Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., respondent, et al., defendants. (Index No.
Dispute Over Prozac Patent Leads to Rare Attack on Amici
Amicus briefs at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rarely draw much attention. But in the high-stakes patent dispute over Prozac, a fight has broken out over whether the Federal Circuit should consider five amicus briefs supporting Eli Lilly, maker of the anti-depressant. Barr Laboratories, which wants to sell a generic version of Prozac, contends the amici are "'friends' of Lilly, not the Court."Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull
We called Mendelsohn after reading about a newly disclosed, eight-country probe of four pharmaceutical companies and noting the rapid upward spiral of recent FCPA settlements. His prediction: FCPA defense is only going to get hotter.
Latham Is the 'In' Spot for High Court Clerks
Latham & Watkins is the most popular spot this year for Supreme Court clerks leaving the high court for the hands-on practice of law. The firm hired six clerks from the October 2005 term -- the largest number of hires from a single term by a single law firm in recent years. Several factors may have contributed. Benjamin Horwich, former clerk to Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Samuel Alito Jr., who joined Latham's San Francisco office, cited "the firm culture and working environment for lawyers."Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. JOSEPH COVELLO THOMAS A. DICKERSON CHERYL
A Federal Circuit panel has upheld a summary judgment that dismissed an infringement suit brought by Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth LLC and invalidated the cardiac stent patents at issue. The ruling is a win for defendants Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic, represented by McAndrews, Held & Malloy and McKool Smith, and defendant Boston Scientific, represented by Arnold & Porter.
On Tuesday, Denver federal district court judge Robert Blackburn granted UBS's motion for summary judgment in a case involving a fundamental way banks make money. The ruling was welcomed by UBS's lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis and Holland & Hart--but it's being greeted just as warmly by defense counsel in a putative class action in New York in which five other banks face allegations similar to those UBS defeated.
After an eight-year odyssey through the California courts, San Francisco antitrust lawyer Joseph Alioto may have finally reached the end of the line in a sprawling price-fixing case against Big Pharma.
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