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Sweeping Securities Law Reform Affects Issuers, Officers and Directors
Glaxo Mega-Deal Puts DOJ on Track for Record Year of FCA Recoveries
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With the $3 billion civil and criminal deals reached Monday with GlaxoSmithKline, it's shaping up to be an incredible year for health care settlements under the False Claims Act.
Cancer Claim for Drug Enjoined
Despite widespread reports last month that a drug approved to fight osteoporosis also decreases the risk of breast cancer among post-menopausal women, a federal judge has enjoined the drug's manufacturer from promoting the drug as protecting against cancer. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl, in Zeneca Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., last Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against drug maker Eli Lilly and Co.Mesirov Joins Schnader in Largest Ever Philadelphia Firm Merger
After months of speculation and negotiations with several Philadelphia firms, Mesirov Gelman Jaffe Cramer & Jamieson agreed to become part of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis in what both firms are billing as the largest-ever merger of two Philadelphia firms. More than 40 Mesirov lawyers will join the soon-to-be 325-attorney firm which will continue to be known as Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis.
Magic Circle Firms, Gunderson Take Roles on Notable Legal Industry Deals
Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May are advising on Thomson Reuters's purchase of the Practical Law Company, while Gunderson Dettmer, a technology shop already busy this week advising Current TV on its sale to Pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera, is representing Jules Kroll's K2 Intelligence on its acquisition of Thacher Associates.Drinker Biddle Acquires Employment Boutique in Chicago
Drinker Biddle & Reath's expansion mode didn't end with the acquisition of 170-lawyer Chicago firm Gardner Carton & Douglas in January. The firm announced Monday that it would acquire 13-attorney employment law boutique Connelly Sheehan Harris in Chicago, effective Feb. 1, 2008. The combination will continue the firm's growth in the area of human resource law, particularly on the litigation side. Drinker Biddle has been growing across the country, and will now surpass the 675-attorney mark.
Vaccination Suit Is State Court Case, Federal Judge Rules
U.S. District Judge Norma L. Shapiro in Philadelphia has ruled that a drug products liability lawsuit over a child who was allegedly rendered autistic due to adverse reactions to vaccinations must be litigated in the state courts even though the defendants plan to argue that the plaintiff failed to comply with the federal National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. Shapiro said the act does not create "federal question" jurisdiction.Trending Stories
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