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Corporate Counsel

Celgene Promotes In-House Tax Lawyer to General Counsel Post

Jonathan Biller, Celgene's senior vice president for tax and treasury and the Summit, New Jersey-based company's treasurer since 2011, will step in as the top lawyer on July 3.
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National Law Journal

DC Circuit Sides With Pharma Company in Battle With FTC Over GC's Documents

Judge Brett Kavanaugh took a dispute that involved more than 10,000 documents and dispatched it in a simple seven page order affirming the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in holding that a company does not have to surrender certain requested files to the Federal Trade Commission.
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New York Law Journal

Judge Refuses Drugmakers' Bid to Dismiss New York Opioid Cases

A New York state court judge has refused to dismiss lawsuits against several opioid manufacturers in some of the first substantive rulings to come out of the barrage of cases brought by governments over the prescription painkillers.
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Corporate Counsel

Growing Biopharma Company Hires GC With Corporate Law Background

Waltham, Massachusetts-based Eloxx Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that it has appointed Neil Belloff as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Although Belloff comes to the role from biopharma giant Celgene Corp., he also has extensive experience in corporate law.
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Delaware Law Weekly

Del. Justices Uphold $70M in Damages for Failing to Market Chemo Drug

The Delaware Supreme Court on Monday upheld a $71 million award against a Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company that failed to live up to its obligation to market a drug used to treat exposure to certain types of chemotherapy.
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Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: You Guys Are Blowing It

In a new survey, more than 100 judges reported that they routinely find relevant case law that's not cited in an attorney's brief.
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National Law Journal

Government Lawyers Can't Agree on Limit of ITC Jurisdiction

The DOJ told the Federal Circuit on Friday that the ITC must butt out of import disputes involving the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. An ITC lawyer tried to strike a compromise.
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Corporate Counsel

The Best of the Rest: Presenting Our 2018 Best Legal Department Runners-Up

Corporate Counsel recently handed out its Best Legal Department honors. But there were other companies and individuals that impressed us beyond just this year's awardees.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Sleet Upholds Patent for Anti-Inflammatory Drug, Blocking Generic

A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday upheld the validity of Shire Orphan Therapies' patent for Firazyr, blocking a Germany-based pharma company from launching a planned generic version of the anti-inflammatory drug until 2019.
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National Law Journal

Drugmakers, in Bid to Extinguish Opioid Suits, Say There's No 'Viable Legal Theory'

Drug companies defending opioid lawsuits have fired back in the federal court handling the sprawling litigation, insisting that cities and counties lacked standing to bring several of the claims, some of which were pre-empted.
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