• American Anesthesiology of Georgia, LLC v. Northside Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Allen, Jeffrey Clark, (McGuire Woods LLP), Charlotte, Stanley Roberts, Matthew Fitzgerald, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bauer, Jeffrey Baxter, (Baker Hostetler, LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Bosin, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Jacquelyn Watts, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Kathryn McConnell, (Littler Mendelson PC), Atlanta, Paul Kennedy, (Littler Mendelson, P.C.), Washington, William Vail, (Polsinelli PC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1644

    Court reverses ruling that a no-hire restrictive covenants clause in an agreement between two health care providers is unenforceable

  • January 12, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Bad News for Lawyer Who Filed Class Action as Lead Plaintiff Without First Trying Product

    "A person who purchases a product that the purchaser has no expectation of using or providing any useful purpose other than acting as a springboard to litigation does not suffer an ascertainable loss as contemplated by the Consumer Fraud Act," Superior Court Judge Robert Vinci said.

    4 minute read

  • January 7, 2022 | Litigation Daily

    A Three-Week Batch of Litigators of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    The Delaware Court of Chancery late last month ordered Energy Transfer LP to pay Cravath's client The Williams Companies a $410 million termination fee stemming from the companies' scuttled merger.

    9 minute read

  • January 5, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

    Why Amgen General Counsel Jonathan Graham Champions Alternative Dispute Resolution

    "ADR is very creative and can resolve disputes in a far cheaper way by using as much energy on how to resolve something as you'd use on beating up on the other side," the veteran in-house counsel says.

    5 minute read

  • January 5, 2022 | National Law Journal

    Hogan Lovells Pushes For More Diversity With Latest Partner Promotions

    The firm has promoted slightly more European based partners compared to the U.S.

    3 minute read

  • December 20, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Looking Back on The Legal's Top Verdicts of 2021

    Pandemic-related court closures meant the beginning of 2021 was rife with stalled litigation, but as courts brought back juries Pennsylvania's attorneys were able to secure some big-ticket verdicts in the second half of the year.

    5 minute read

  • November 22, 2021 | Law.com

    Landmark CBD Victory Marks Latham's Entrance Into France's Cannabis Scene

    The ruling means that France must revise its restrictive rules on marketing CBD products and opens the door to better regulation, the Latham partner on the case said.

    3 minute read

  • The People &c., Respondent, v. Howard Powell, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kendra L. Hutchinson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Blira-Koessler, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 22

    People v. Howard Powell

  • Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Vyera Pharm. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-17
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Evidence
    Industry: Federal Government | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission: James H. Weingarten, Markus H. Meier, Bradley S. Albert, Amanda Triplett, Armine Black, Daniel W. Butrymowicz, J. Maren Schmidt, Lauren Peay, Leah Hubinger, Matthew B. Weprin, Neal J. Perlman, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff State of New York: Amy E. McFarlane, Jeremy R. Kasha, Elinor R. Hoffman, Saami Zain, Office of the New York Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY. Bryan Lewis Bloom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff State of California: Michael D. Battaglia, Office of the Attorney General of California, San Francisco, CA. For Plaintiff State of Ohio: Beth Finnerty, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, OH. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Joseph Betsko, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA. For Plaintiff State of Illinois: Richard S. Schultz, Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, IL. For Plaintiff State of North Carolina: K.D. Sturgis, Jessica V. Sutton, North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Consumer Protection Division, Raleigh, NC. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia: Sarah Oxenham Allen, Tyler T. Henry, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendants Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Phoenixus AG: Stacey Anne Mahoney, Sarah E. Hsu Wilbur, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. Scott A. Stempel, William Cravens, Melina R. Dimattio, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. Steven A. Reed, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Noah J. Kaufman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA. Michael M. Elliott, Rachel J. Rodriguez, Phillips Nizer LLP, New York, NY. Michael L. Weiner, Dechert LLP (NYC), New York, NY. For Defendant Martin Shkreli: Christopher H. Casey, Andrew J. Rudowitz, Jeffrey S. Pollack, Sarah O'Laughlin Kulik, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Sarah Fehm Stewart, Duane Morris, LLP (NJ), Newark, NJ. For Defendant Kevin Mulleady: Kenneth R. David, Albert Shemtov Mishaan, Nicholas Anthony Rendino, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres LLP (NYC), New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-CV-00706

    Evidence of Anticompetitive Strategy's Prior Use Admissible as Background, Motive Evidence