• June 30, 2000 | Legal Times

    The FDA's Strong Suit

    The Food and Drug Administration has a new weapon and it's itching to use it.Throughout its history, the FDA has been limited in its ability to bring big-money cases against alleged la

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  • September 12, 2006 |

    Upping the Dosage

    AstraZeneca called Prilosec "the Purple Pill," but the heartburn medication was more than just a colorful tablet. Considered one of the most successful prescription drugs of all time, Prilosec glob

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  • January 13, 2004 | Legal Times

    Getting to the Root of the Problem

    In Inca folk medicine, the maca tuber has been used for ages as a natural Viagra. So when a New Jersey company in 1999 snagged the first in a series of U.S. patents related to maca's q

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  • June 26, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Adelphia Father, Son Win Small Reduction in Sentences John and Timothy Rigas made little headway with the federal judge charged with resentencing them for t

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  • October 6, 2003 | Legal Times

    October 2003 Docket Watch

    Below are the cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the hi

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  • June 1, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    The Rodent: All About Perks

    Nowadays, if you're an associate working at The Firm, you're probably enjoying a skyrocketing salary. You might even be making more money than your parents ever did, unless, of course, mom or

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    Of Renewal And Recusal

    Several years ago, Supreme Court justice David Souter was in a playful mood during oral arguments in an otherwise leaden interstate commerce case. He offered a hypothetical in which a merchant

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  • June 1, 2005 | Legal Times

    Big Media Want FCC Regs Case Heard

    A group of large media conglomerates wants the Supreme Court to take up the issue of how many media entities a company can own in any individual market.Six cases that present the issue

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  • August 14, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Six Lawyers Named to Police Corruption Commission Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday named Mark F. Pomerantz, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, chairm

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  • July 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Brooklyn Lawyer's Estate to Fund Harvard ProfessorshipHarvard Law School will be getting a Harvey Greenfield chair in securities law after all. The law school, which had hoped t

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