Corporate Counsel

Prof's Stinging Conclusion: Lawyers for Purdue Pharma Were 'Overzealous Accomplices in Corporate Misconduct'

Elise Bernlohr Maizel of Michigan State takes aim at the company's former general counsel and at its outside law firms in a new law review article.
6 minute read

The Recorder

'Blatant and Audacious': Sideman & Bancroft Wins Injunction for Biotech Startup Trilobio in Trade Secrets Theft Case

The San Francisco-based company uses AI-fueled technology to create robots that perform biological research and development tasks and conduct genetic testing.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sage Therapeutics Axes GC After Drug-Pipeline Failures Force Cost-Cutting

Sage is lopping off one-third of its workforce after one of its experimental drugs failed to prove effective as a treatment for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Los Angeles Secures $35M Settlement From Monsanto in Water Contamination Lawsuit

Monsanto in the settlement admitted no wrongdoing. Los Angeles has more "forever" chemical makers in its sights in other actions.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

After Guiding Illumina Through Harrowing Merger Fight, GC Charles Dadswell to Depart

"I've watched and been a part of Illumina growing from a startup to one of the most important and innovative companies in the world, and I'm proud to have been a part of that journey," Dadswell said in a statement.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Who Got the Work: O'Melveny Set to Defend Abbott Labs in Digital Privacy Class Action

The complaint, filed by Almeida Law Group and Siri & Glimstad on Aug. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act; invasion of privacy - intrusion upon seclusion; and unjust enrichment.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Ingersoll Rand Enforces a Noncompete Against an Exec Who Jumped Ship to Verboten Competitor

Despite Colorado's law rendering most noncompete agreements void, a state court judge barred former ILC Dover CEO Corey Walker from working for Aventor through next June. The ruling was a win for Dover's acquirer, Ingersoll Rand Inc., and its lawyers, Quinn Emanuel's Andrew Rossman, Peter Fountain and Owen Roberts.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Lucid, Tesla Legal Leader Joins Gene Therapy Startup With IPO Ambitions

Jonathan Butler will serve as general counsel of Cellares, which says it has developed a manufacturing process that makes cancer-fighting gene therapy more affordable and more widely available.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Who Got the Work: Quinn Emanuel and Irell & Manella Appear in Trade Secrets Case

Roche Molecular accuses three Stanford oncologists of stealing trade secrets regarding cancer detection technology to form their own company, Foresight Diagnostics of Colorado.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Veteran Legal Chief Who Quit 2 Years Ago—Declaring 'I Need a Break'—Returns to In-House Game

Brett Pletcher has taken the legal reins of the late-stage biopharma Cytokinetic.
3 minute read

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