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Boehringer to Pay $13.5M to Settle States' Off-Label Marketing Claims

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $13.5 million to settle allegations by attorneys general in all 50 states and the District of Columbia that the company marketed some of its drugs for unapproved uses.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas County Turns to Plaintiffs Firms for Big-Deal Opioid Suit

Harris County decided to use a tried-and-true strategy of hiring plaintiffs firms to handle litigation the county filed against manufacturers and distributors of opioids.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

CT Unions Sue Nation's Largest Pharma Companies Over Opioids

With the opioid epidemic growing, four Connecticut union locals filed federal suit Monday against some of the largest pharmaceutical companies, claiming they have mislead the public on the dangers of opioids.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Second Bellwether Trial, NJ Jury Awards $15M in Ethicon Mesh Case

A Bergen County jury returned a $15 million verdict Thursday against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon in a suit over alleged defects in its Prolift pelvic repair product.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Divided Del. Supreme Court Upholds Denial of $50M in Milestone Payments

The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday narrowly upheld a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling that denied a $50 million bonus payment to former investors in Calistoga Pharmaceuticals Inc. for partial European approval of a new blood-cancer treatment drug.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Appeals Court Revives Hundreds of Diabetes Drug Lawsuits

A federal appeals court has revived more than 750 lawsuits filed over four diabetes drugs after finding that a San Diego judge misapplied a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court opinion relating to federal pre-emption.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Company Can't Back Out of Oral Agreement to End Proxy Fight, Slights Rules

An investor in Innoviva Inc. has finally won its fight to appoint two directors to the drug developer's board, after the Chancery Court on Dec. 8 ruled that the company was bound to honor a last-minute deal to resolve a dramatic proxy fight.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Big Pharma Lobbyist Teams Up With Arnold & Porter to Fight Drug-Price Law

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, represented by Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and Downey Brand, want a judge to declare California's law unconstitutional.
4 minute read

Law.com

Here are the Top 10 Best Paying Industries for GCs

Want to make more cash as a general counsel? You might want to think about getting your next gig in one of these sectors.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Accutane Cases Headed to NJ Supreme Court

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals in the mass tort alleging that Hoffmann-La Roche's anti-acne drug Accutane led to users developing Crohn's disease.
7 minute read

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