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Alphabet Legal Exec Jumps to Biotech Startup That's Raised $532M

Cynthia Patton is taking the legal reins of a company developing gene-writing technology that's led by a former AbbVie president.
2 minute read

Law.com

Montana High Court: Lawyer Did Not Have Authority to 'Unilaterally' Waive Mentally Ill Client's In-Person Appearance at Hearing

The decision reversed a state trial court that had allowed the lawyer to ultimately request and waive the man's in-person appearance in 2021, even as he said repeatedly that day over video feed that he wanted to be present in person.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Bankruptcy Trust Reaches $175M Settlement With Insys Board of Directors

The trust alleged the board of directors failed in their oversight of Insys executives, who engaged in off-label marketing of its fentanyl spray, called Subsys, and paid bribes and kickbacks to doctors.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Defending Cigna: These Law Firms Hope to Help Insurer Beat Back ERISA Class Action

Aubrey Srednicki, the named plaintiff, alleged Cigna violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 due to a "fraudulent scheme" to overcharge consumers for medical services.
2 minute read

Law.com

Humana's RICO Claims Against MS Drug Manufacturer Barred by 'Indirect Purchaser' Rule, Judge Concludes

"Under the 'indirect purchaser rule,' first developed by the Supreme Court in the antitrust context, only a direct purchaser of goods has standing to assert a claim for violation of the antitrust laws," U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor wrote. "Every circuit to have considered the issue has held that the rule also applies to civil RICO actions, and that indirect purchasers therefore do not have standing to assert RICO claims. The First Circuit has not yet addressed the question. While there may be practical and policy reasons to question the application of that rule in the health-insurance context, for the reasons that follow, this Court will follow the majority rule. It will therefore dismiss the civil RICO claims for failure to state a claim on that basis."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Faegre Drinker's New Chair Explains Opportunities, Goals and 'Uncertainty' Challenges

Gina Kastel speaks on where the firm is looking to grow during the new fiscal year.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Jury Returns $20.9M Verdict in Med Mal Suit Over Double Amputation

Under the offer of judgment rule, Ogunkoya and his insurance company, ProAssurance, are liable for Sapp's legal fees and expenses incurred from the time they declined the offer of judgment until the verdict was returned, pursuant to the offer of judgment rule, subject to court approval, plaintiffs lawyer John Collins said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Passage of the Mental Health Access Improvement Act

The passage of MHAIA is critically important for both counselors and clients. It expands access to mental health services, particularly for those in underserved and rural areas.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Abbott Laboratories Wins $33.4 Million Judgment Against Wholesaler in Brooklyn Federal Suit

Through its lead attorney Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler partner Geoffrey Potter, Abbott sued H&H, Goldman and other parties in 2015, arguing that they had "distributed and sold in the United States diverted international blood glucose test strips that are illegal to sell in the United States."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Is Void Ab Initio Different From Judicial Review? Standard Is Topic A in Ga. Supreme Court Arguments Over Abortion Ban

State lawyers said the ban from six weeks is valid because the same federal constitution governs today as when the act was passed.
5 minute read

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