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The Legal Intelligencer

Medical Cannabis Is the Next Boom, but When Will It Bust?

With Pennsylvania well on its way toward implementing a medical marijuana program, dozens of lawyers in the state are preparing for an explosion of legal work related to cannabis.
13 minute read

Litigation Daily

This Federal Judge Is the King of Backlogs—But He's Not the Only One

Poor U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin. The West Virginia judge had the biggest backlog of any federal judge in the country, with 20,139 cases pending for more than three years, according to a new report. Who else is in the slow lane?
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Orders Pa. Pharma Services Firm to Turn Over $4.6M Tax Refund

The Delaware Court of Chancery has ordered a Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical-support services firm to turn over a $4.6 million tax refund that it had withheld from a deal partner.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Zillow Faces CFPB Scrutiny, Amazon Mulls Pharma Play, and SEC Drains Big Law

Escape the daily flood of Trump news dominating the Washington headlines with this roundup of big regulatory developments. Zillow is facing CFPB scrutiny, Amazon mulls a pharmaceuticals play, Democratic state AGs move to defend a key part of Obamacare, and the SEC is boosting its ranks in new hires from Big Law. And here's a story about ducks at the U.S. Capitol.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Omnicare Settles 28-State Whistleblower Complaint for $8M

The prescription drug company denied allegations that it falsely billed Medicaid and Medicare while agreeing to the settlement.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

These Two Firms Are Driving a Surge in Health Sector Securities Class Actions

Securities lawsuits have become a major headache for life sciences companies, according to recent reports. And two plaintiffs' firms, Pomerantz and The Rosen Law Firm, are leading the charge.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

J&J Hit With $20M Verdict in Third Pelvic Mesh Trial

A 12-member Philadelphia jury handed up a $20 million verdict—including $17.5 million in punitive damages—against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon in the third pelvic mesh case to go to trial in the city.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Going for the Jugular in Blood Thinner Bellwether

A federal jury in New Orleans deliberated for less than two hours before coming back this week with a defense win in the first bellwether trial over the blood thinner Xarelto. That's a bona fide slam dunk--even for lead defense counsel Beth Wilkinson, who's notched a streak of trial victories in her career.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Split Panel Allows NYU Suit Against Pfizer to Proceed

New York University's breach of contract lawsuit against Pfizer over hundreds of millions of dollars in cancer drug royalties must go forward, a divided Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Drugmakers Face Suits Linking Diabetes Med to Heart Failure

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Bristol-Myers Squibb were hit with 14 suits in the District of New Jersey on Tuesday claiming that users of diabetes drug saxagliptin face elevated risks of heart failure as a result of using the drug.
3 minute read

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