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Corporate Counsel

Booming Biotech Startup Moderna Names New Top Lawyer

Moderna Therapeutics, a messenger RNA-based therapeutics company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has called on Lori Henderson to fill its GC chair.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Gilead, Fish & Richardson Fend Off $200 Million Merck Verdict

The Federal Circuit backed U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman's finding that Merck's business and litigation misconduct justified unwinding the verdict.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Merck Moves to MDL Cases Over Its Shingles Vaccine

Merck has moved to coordinate dozens of lawsuits brought over injuries allegedly caused by its shingles vaccine, Zostavax.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Xarelto Plaintiffs Say Excluded Evidence Led to Defense Verdicts

Plaintiffs who lost all three bellwether trials over Xarelto last year have asked an appeals court to vacate the decisions, saying the judge improperly excluded evidence and gave jurors incorrect instructions.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Hear Arguments on Scientific Standards in Accutane Mass Tort

The attorneys fielded numerous questions from the justices on whether the standard for expert testimony in products cases should be changed in New Jersey.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers Seek Mass Tort Status in Taxotere Cancer Drug Litigation

In response to a request to consolidate an apparently mounting group of lawsuits over the chemotherapy drug Taxotere, the New Jersey state court system has asked the bar for feedback on the possible establishment of multi-county litigation.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Breast Implants Maker Names First GC

Jeremy Livianu comes to New York City-based Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. from Redwood City, California's Nevro Corp., where he built the legal department from scratch and helped take the company public.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Sues Drugmakers, Distributors for Opioid Crisis

Miami joins other jurisdictions blaming drugmakers and distributors for opioid deaths and overdoses.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Goodwin Bulks Up Life Sciences Group With Cross-Border Dechert Hires

Goodwin Procter announced the addition of a trans-Atlantic transactions team in its life sciences group. Meanwhile, White & Case said it had hired away a debt financing partner from Goodwin in New York.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Jury Awards $33M in Pelvic Mesh Suit Against Bard; Punitives Phase on Deck

Plaintiff Mary McGuinness was awarded $23 million in damages. Her husband, Thomas, was awarded $10 million for loss of consortium.
4 minute read

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