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Sackler Family Members Added to NYC Opioids Lawsuit as Purdue Pharma Owners

The New York City government has expanded its lawsuit against pharmaceutical distributors over the opioid epidemic that has impacted communities across the U.S. to include members of the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin and a group of major retailers.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC Adds Sackler Family Members as Purdue Pharma Owners to Opioids Lawsuit

The New York City government has expanded its lawsuit against pharmaceutical distributors over the opioid epidemic that has impacted communities across the U.S. to include members of the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin and a group of major retailers.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Says Pfizer's Emailed Employee Arbitration Agreement Insufficient

The court said companies seeking to institute a mandatory arbitration policy for job-related disputes still must obtain their employees' knowing and explicit assent, even where the policy is disseminated electronically, rather than on paper.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Importance of Private Counsel in Protecting Public Interests

In service to financial efficiency and vigorous representation of the public interest, municipalities and political subdivisions in Pennsylvania increasingly rely upon the expertise and acumen of outside counsel to assist them in their legal endeavors.
8 minute read

Law.com

Opioid Defendants Lose Bid for Sanctions Over '60 Minutes' Episode

The proposed sanctions motion targeted plaintiffs lawyers who defendants claim made "misleading, inflammatory, and improper" statements on an episode last month.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Amarin GC Joseph Kennedy Knows Thrill of Victory, and Saving Lives

Kennedy said he joined Dublin-based Amarin as general counsel in 2011 primarily to help secure patents and implement a compliance program as the company awaited U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Vascepa, its blockbuster cardiovascular drug.
6 minute read

Law.com

Patent Eligibility Remains Uncertain, Even After Recent Efforts to Bring Clarity

Congress is empowered to create a patent system to promote the useful arts, and it has enacted laws to create a patent system that encourages innovation. Balancing that power, however, the courts in recent years have tried to reign in the scope of the patent right by limiting the scope of patent-eligible subject matter. Part One of a two-part article.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

Grant & Eisenhofer Resolves Fee Fight Tied to Celgene Whistleblower Case

The plaintiffs firm claimed an ex-partner poached a client who won a nearly $80 million whistleblower award against the drug maker.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Grant & Eisenhofer, Former Partner Call Truce in Fight Tied to Celgene Whistleblower Case

The plaintiffs firm had claimed in a federal case playing out in Los Angeles that ex-partner Reuben Guttman poached a client who won a nearly $80 million whistleblower award against the drug maker.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

McGuireWoods Lands Life Sciences Litigation Trio From BakerHostetler

Jumping from one out-of-town firm in New York to another, Benjamin Hsing, Wanda French-Brown and Irene Hudson specialize in patent disputes over bringing new drugs to market.
3 minute read

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