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Sullivan & Cromwell Represent Baker Bros Advisors in China Deal

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– Sullivan & Cromwell represented Baker Bros. Advisors, LLC (U.S.) in connection with their funds role as lead investor, along with several co-investors, in the purchase of a newly authorized class of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Shares of BeiGene, Ltd. (China), collectively representing 23.55% of BeiGene’s total capital shares on a fully diluted basis, for […]

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Florida Sues Obama Administration Over Medicaid

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  TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— LawFuel.com – Attorney General Pam Bondi today filed a complaint against the Obama administration in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging the federal government’s attempt to coerce Florida into expanding Medicaid by withholding Low Income Pool healthcare funding. The complaint was filed on behalf of Governor Rick

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A Long Time In Jail For Drug Dealing Bragger & Gangster

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          LOS ANGELES –– The leader of the Oxnard-based Colonia Chiques street gang was sentenced this afternoon to life without parole in federal prison, plus an additional 55-year consecutive term, for his conviction on a host of narcotics and weapons offenses, including leading a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE).         Luis Manuel Tapia, 39, of

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Tech Company Chief Funnelled $39 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains

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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID RILEY, former Chief Information Officer of Foundry Networks, Inc. (“Foundry”), a California-based technology company that was acquired by Brocade Communications, Inc. (“Brocade”), in 2008, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his participation in an insider trading

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The Fireball Lawyer

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Canadian litigation lawyer Rob Sutherland was having a perfectly satisfactory morning discussing a case with the Crown attorney when his morning turned into a fireball when his parked car exploded. It’s the stuff of movies – a ‘take down’ of a rebel lawyer, perhaps – but for the Nova Scotia lawyer it was something less

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Wellness Programs Alive and Well

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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued proposed regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding employer-provided wellness programs that were published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2015. The proposed regulations are intended to reconcile rules under the ADA with rules the tri-agency task force1 previously

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Dawn Raids under Scrutiny Again by European Human Rights Court

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White & Case – ECtHR rules that French dawn raids in Vinci/GTM case breached fundamental rights Jacquelyn F. MacLennan, Mark D. Powell, Jean-Paul Tran Thiet, Genevra Forwood The European Court of Human Rights (the “ECtHR”) has ruled in the Vinci case that the circumstances surrounding the electronic removal of documents and computer files during a

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