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Corporate Counsel

Ideaya General Counsel Takes on Additional Role of Chief Financial Officer

In addition to overseeing the legal department for the biotechnology company, Paul Stone will lead the finance, investor relations and public relations functions of the company.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Experienced In-House Attorney Steps Down As uBiome Interim CEO

John Rakow said in a phone call Monday that he gave his two weeks notice in June. He said it was the right time to step down and the company has become more stable.
3 minute read

The Recorder

No Clinical Trial, No Injunction in Biopharma Trade Secret Case

Fenwick lawyers persuade Colorado judge that without a drug in clinical trials, there's no rush to enjoin nine employees from continuing to work at Loxo Oncology Inc.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Nudges Agencies to Hand Over Info to Theranos Defendants

Judge Edward Davila stopped short of granting a request from lawyers for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to force agencies to scour their files for exculpatory evidence, but he encouraged prosecutors to help the defense get access to everything needed.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Itchy-Skin Drugmaker Brings on New General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer

Redwood City, California-based Menlo Therapeutics Inc. has hired Ronald Krasnow, an in-house veteran, to oversee all of its legal activities and support the development of drug serlopitant.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

McCormick Refuses to Throw Out Derivative Claims Over California Firm's Stock Repricing

Vice Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick ruled Thursday that plaintiff Thomas S. Howland Jr. and his Fox Rothschild attorneys had supported claims for breaches of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment against the officers and directors of Anixa Biosciences Inc.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

HIPAA's Business Associate Traps for Biotech and Life Sciences

Since its inception, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, (HIPAA) has required that patient health information (PHI) be kept confidential. HIPAA meets this goal primarily through its privacy rule, security rule and breach notification rule.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Tampa Physician Plans to Plead Guilty Plea in Case With Iranian Sanction Overtones

A Tampa physician is expected to plead guilty for violating federal licensing rules in shipping a microfilter to Iran.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Delayed Indictments of Iranian Researchers Play Out Against Altered Political Landscape

The Atlanta indictments accusing Dr. Masaud Soleimani, Mahboobe Ghaedi and Maryam Jazayeri of violating U.S. sanctions rest on eight small vials of human growth hormone that customs agents in Atlanta removed from Jazayeri's luggage in September 2016 as she was en route to Iran to visit relatives.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Raising Bioethics Issue, Judge Rules Dead West Point Cadet's Parents Can Use His Sperm for Fertilization

In a ruling that is gaining national attention and causing concern among some bio- and medical ethics experts, a Westchester judge has ruled that the parents of deceased cadet Peter Zhu can use his harvested sperm how they like.
8 minute read

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