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National Law Journal

Big Law Demand Is Peaking for FDA Lawyers—But They're Not in Big Supply

The relatively low attrition rate for FDA attorneys is presenting a growing talent problem for law firms that have more business from life sciences clients amid the pandemic.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Vaccine and the Holy Spirit: Suit Addresses Employer Obligations, Religious Objections, Mandatory COVID-19 Shots

"Mr. Lawton is a devout and practicing Messianic Jew, who sincerely believes that ... the Holy Spirit resides in his body, and that taking the vaccine will offend and otherwise harm the Holy Spirit," the suit says.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Husch Combines With Health Care Boutique, Expanding Into New England

The firm's merger partner has represented major hospitals in the Boston area. The white-hot deal market has ramped up business through healthcare-related M&A, the firm said.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of July 12, 2021

Former Appellate Justice Joins Dallas Firm William G. (Bill) Whitehill, a former Justice on the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, has joined Condon…
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Is Recreational Cannabis Good Medicine for Medical Marijuana?

Operating a medical dispensary and an adult use location share a central common attribute—access to clean product, marketed with robust product disclosure, at an affordable price. But how will the adult use marketplace be defined in New Jersey? Will the recreational and medicinal markets affect each other?
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Reasonable Medical Opinions: Case Highlights Never-Ending Inquiry

The case of Mazzie v. Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHM), 2021 Pa. Super. LEXIS 214, (April 16, 2021) (Nichols, J.) is illustrative. This case addressed not only the never-ending inquiry over what an adequate medical opinion sounds like, but also the circumstances in which new trials should be granted because of the damage award.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

New Orrick Partner Brings Fresh Perspective in Intersecting Data, Health Practices

Thora Johnson spent a quarter-century at Venable before making the move to Orrick, which looks to capitalize on hot industries that play to the firm's strengths.
3 minute read

Law.com

EpiPen Class Action Heads to Trial on Curtailed Antitrust Claim

U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in June tossed claims brought under the U.S. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and some of the antitrust allegations against Mylan Pharmaceuticals, which sold the EpiPen, a pen-like device that treats anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal condition caused by food allergies and insect bites. Trial is set for Sept. 7.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

OIG Issues Opinion on Ambulatory Surgery Center Joint Venture Investment

On April 26, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 21-02, approving a proposal whereby a health system, certain orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons employed by the health system (the physician investors), and the manager would invest in a new ambulatory surgery center (the new ASC).
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

HP's Head Print Business Lawyer Shifts to Health Care as B. Braun CLO

"While I had an amazing opportunity to be the global head of legal HP's $20 billion print business, like many in-house counsel, my ultimate goal was to become a chief legal officer," Jennifer Prioleau said.
3 minute read

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