LawFuel.com – Slaughter and May is advising GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) on the divestment to Novartis of its rights in ofatumumab for auto-immune indications, including multiple sclerosis, for up to US$1 billion. Novartis will pay US$300 million on closing, with further payments of up to US$734 million on the achievement of certain milestones and royalties of
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Guest Post – Although it is a fact that mishaps have become a bit too commonplace in our lives, yet that doesn’t detract you from the confusion and pain that can result due to an injury or an accident to your loved one or family member. If you make the decision of taking a step
The Ashley Madison “Cheat Sheet” is creating mayhem at dinner tables across the globe, as the hackers (‘Impact Team’) expose government officials among others. The data stolen from the infidelity site has around 10,000 email addresses belowing to US government workers who have the .gov address, as well as thousands with .co.uk, .com.au, .co.nz and
(HOUSTON, August 19, 2015) Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to admit Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as the exclusive member firm for Minnesota. The firm is also the exclusive Lex Mundi member firm for Indiana. Faegre Baker Daniels LLP is a full service law firm with a strong reputation for serving the legal
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LawFuel.com – Law News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (“NYPD”), announced that
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If you or a work colleague are one of the 32 million users of Ashley Madison, those seeking to cheat on spouses or partners, and either your details or your work colleagues have been leaked online, how do you get around the privacy and embarrassment issues? You can employ these 5 key steps. 1. Is
The US Department of Justice has released a memo indicating how the US attorneys should prosecute defendants in medical marijuana cases, showing it does not regard the 2014 Cromnibus as preventing prosecutions under state laws. The memo was written in February but just released. President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations
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DLA Piper – IoT is discussed in the media more and more frequently. It has important social, economic and legal implications, most of which are yet to be fully understood. The following sets out a brief list of things you should know about IoT from a lawyer’s perspective. IoT is here and it’s changing the
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP The staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) recently issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) and an interpretive letter regarding the general solicitation prohibition in securities offerings conducted under Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, which exempts such offerings from Securities Act registration. Some of the CDIs
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How does Big Law deal with social media? Let’s make that more personal? How many of AmLaw 100 managing partners actually use social media at all? Have the answer? Five. That comes out of a Bloomberg article from Baker + McKenzie global chairman Eduardo C Leite who notes that using social media permits the
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