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Corporate Counsel

Big Pharma Becoming a Big Target in Shareholder Class Actions: Study

Driven largely by plaintiffs firms Pomerantz & Co., The Rosen Law Firm and Glancy Prongay & Murray, shareholder class-action lawsuits against life sciences companies, particularly those in the pharmaceutical space, were on the rise last year, continuing a decade-long trend, according to a new report.
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Corporate Counsel

IP Strategist David Shofi Named CLO at Biotech Company Univercells

The IP veteran has also worked in-house at IBM and CPA Global.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action

In the Legal's Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action supplement, read about company-generated documents and emails, navigating choppy waters…
2 minute read

The Recorder

Illumina, Ariosa Trade Demands for Nearly $100M in Damages as Trial Closes

Lawyers for Illumina Inc. and Ariosa Diagnostics—rivals in the burgeoning market for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)—both asked a San Francisco federal jury for damage awards of around $100 million.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Several Steps to Improve Your Patent Strategy in 2018

If the survival and growth of your business depends on the development of new technology, the beginning of the new year is a good time to think about your intellectual property (IP) protection and how it can be improved.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Industry's Need to Understand the President's Opioid Commission

OP-ED: An inside look from the Advisor to the Executive Director of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Growing Biotech Hires New GC

South San Francisco-based MyoKardia Inc. has hired Cynthia Ladd as general counsel. Ladd has held high-ranking in-house positions at various biopharmaceutical companies.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

While Phila. Waits on Amazon, Lots To Be Gained From Focusing on Israeli Tech Sector

Across the United States, many regions—including very notably our own—have been lining up and spending significant attention and resources on the bidding for Amazon HQ2. Companies, researchers and investors worldwide are rightfully focusing on Amazon and other U.S. tech companies. At the same time, significant numbers of savvy tech players are increasing attention on Israel as a source of innovation, talent and exciting new companies.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Surgical Robots are all the Same, but Robotic Surgeons Aren't

To twist a phrase from the Wizard of Oz, patients need to know “Who is that man behind the robot?”
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

From Wearables to Implantables: New Frontiers in the E-Discovery Landscape

Samuel Abate Jr., Jason Lichter and Michael Vives write: Technology will always move faster than the law, but pharmaceutical and medical device counsel must remain cognizant of how mobile health applications and accompanying sensor-laden devices could, with proper planning and foresight, open new avenues for pursuing their claims and defenses.
10 minute read

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