• Federal Trade Comm. v. Vyera Pharms. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-25
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission: Markus H. Meier, Bradley S. Albert, Armine Black Daniel W. Butrymowicz, D. Patrick Huyett, Neal J. Perlman, J. Maren Schmidt, James H. Weingarten, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff State of New York: Letitia James, Christopher D'Angelo, Elinor R. Hoffman, Saami Zain, Amy McFarlane, Jeremy Kasha, Bryan Bloom, Office of the New York Attorney General Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY. For Plaintiff State of California: Michael D. Battaglia, Office of the Attorney General of California, San Francisco, CA. For Plaintiff State of Ohio: David Yost, Beth Finnerty, Elizebeth M. Maag, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, OH. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro, Tracy W. Wertz, Joseph Betsko, Stephen Scannell, 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: Joshua H. Stein, K.D. Sturgis, Jessica V. Sutton, North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Consumer Protection Division, Raleigh, NC. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia: Mark R. Herring, 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, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. Steven A. Reed, Francis A. DeSimone, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Noah J. Kaufman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, MA. For Defendant Martin Shkreli: Christopher H. Casey, Esq., A.J. Rudowitz, Esq., Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Edward T. Kang, Kandis L. Kovalsky, Kang, Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant Kevin Mulleady: Kevin J. Arquit, Albert Shemmy Mishaan, Kenneth R. David, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20cv706

    UTPCPL Claim Fails to Adequately Allege Shkreli's Anticompetitive Conduct Was Fraudulent

  • August 14, 2020 | The Recorder

    After COVID-19 Hiring Slowdown, Lateral Moves Pick Up in August

    McDermott, Will & Emery; White & Case; McGuireWoods; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mayer Brown; Alston &Bird have all announced new attorney hires in the last week, including laterals in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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  • August 14, 2020 | The American Lawyer

    After COVID-19 Hiring Slowdown, Lateral Moves Pick Up in August

    McDermott, Will & Emery; White & Case; McGuireWoods; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mayer Brown; Alston & Bird; among others, have all announced new attorney hires in the last week.

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  • August 5, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

    NJ Appeals Court Says Plaintiffs' Experts in J&J Talc Suits Met 'Accutane' Standard for Scientific Evidence

    The ruling allows two cases to proceed to trial, and it also ends a multiyear stay on about 800 other suits pending in Atlantic County by other women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using talc products.

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  • July 30, 2020 | Pro Mid Market

    Who Got the Work: Banished Blenders and Pirate IP

    Morris Nichols represented f'real foods in a patent dispute involving the company's self-cleaning blender technology, Munger Tolles is defending Disney in a suit involving its "Pirates of the Carribean" movies, and other work from midsize firms.

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  • Emory University et al. v. Willcox

    Publication Date: 2020-07-23
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Ladner, Robert Stannard, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, John Fitzpatrick, Lamar Jost, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP), Denver, Michael Bailey, Erica Jansen, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0665

    Trial Court in Wrongful Death Case Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Allowing Opinion Evidence Based on Incomplete Medical Records

  • July 22, 2020 | The American Lawyer

    Freshfields Adds DOJ Antitrust Vet in DC, Reports Lagging Revenue Growth and Profits Decline

    New partner Julie Elmer, who had been at the DOJ since 2015, was a member of the antitrust division's technology and financial services section.

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  • July 9, 2020 | Law.com

    Here Are the U.K. Law Firms With The Most Female Equity Partners

    An analysis of the largest firms in the UK shows which have the highest proportion of women at the top.

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  • June 30, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

    Top Lawyer Appointments on the COVID-19 Rebound: June 2020 In-House Moves

    Now with the economy opening up, albeit some places like California and Texas closing again over the increase in the novel coronavirus cases, companies look more comfortable to let the public know about a new legal leader.

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  • Appellate Division, First Department:June 4, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Cases Decided
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:June 4, 2020