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Cooley and Gibson Thriving On Biotech Deals
Cooley Godward's Palo Alto office helped Conor file its IPO on Aug. 23, becoming the latest in a surge of medical/biotech companies trying to go public before Election Day. And Gibson, Dunn counseled St. Jude Medical Inc. through a $273 acquisition of Endocardial Solutions Inc., a maker of catheters used for diagnosing and treating irregular heartbeats.Employers Can Deny Coverage for Infertility Treatments
Denying insurance coverage for infertility treatments that can only be performed on women is not unlawful discrimination, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Finding that the "exclusion of surgical impregnation procedures disadvantages infertile male and female employees equally," the court said an employer who refused to pay for artificial insemination did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.Panel Mulls Jail Time After Revocation of Supervised Release
A debate about what kind of resentencing the federal sentencing laws and guidelines permit when a judge revokes a felon's supervised release dominated an oral argument at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 8. At issue was whether it was proper to use an additional term of imprisonment as a treatment mechanism for a sex offender.Former Hollinger GC Passes the Buck in Fraud Trial
How does a general counsel stay out of jail if he's been accused of helping company executives line their pockets with millions of shareholder dollars? If he's Mark Kipnis, the former legal chief at Hollinger International, he pleads lack of experience and shifts the blame to the company's outside counsel. Pointing the finger may get Kipnis off -- he faces up to five years in prison -- but some experts say that his defense is the equivalent of career suicide.View more book results for the query "*"
Voter Rights Survive Extension Of Term Limits, Court Concludes
Corporation's Case Proceeds Against Neighbors Over 'Wetlands' Designation
A Staten Island corporation that claims its neighbors' waste water caused its property to be designated as a restricted "wetlands" will have its day in court. New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph J. Maltese denied the summary judgment motion filed by the four defendant homeowners, holding that Pland Place Realty has raised a triable issue as to whether waste from the neighbors' washing machines, dishwashers and septic tanks resulted in the wetlands designation for the company's undeveloped parcel.Courts Can No Longer Enforce City Pact With Ex-Inmates, Panel Says
In a major victory for New York City, a First Department panel yesterday held that the "sunset" date of a historic agreement requiring the city to provide services to mentally ill inmates after they are released from jail came before the plaintiffs moved for injunctive relief in May 2009. "Because the settlement was already terminated by that time, the court was left without jurisdiction to rule on the application," Justice David B. Saxe wrote for the court.Trending Stories
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