Dechert LLP secured affirmance of its hard-fought patent trial victory for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. relating to Endo’s OPANA® ER tablets. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the trial court’s ruling that two of Endo’s patents covering OPANA® ER are valid and would be infringed by the defendants’ proposed generic copies
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the convictions of GARY TANNER, a former executive at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant”), and ANDREW DAVENPORT, the former chief executive officer (“CEO”) of Philidor Rx Services LLC (“Philidor”), for engaging in a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme. TANNER and DAVENPORT
Alice Johnson* Lawyer Gregory Thwaite has stepped on the sensibilities of women and women lawyers in particular with an invitation to an international meeting that offends them on multiple levels. Mr Thwaite, chair of the Auckland branch of the Institute of International Affairs, issued an invitation thaat he presumed clever and even erudite, but which
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Robinson + Cole – Data Privacy & Security Insider The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently released its yearly internet crime report, which states that more than 300,000 consumers reported cyber-fraud and malware attacks in 2017, costing over $1.4 billion. Yes, that is with a “b.” The threats at the top
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Slaughter and May advised Ocado Group plc on a subscription by The Kroger Co. for up to 33,146,200 new ordinary shares in the capital of Ocado, equivalent to 5% of its existing issued share capital, at a value of £183m. Kroger is one of the world’s largest grocery retailers and a market leader in the
LOS ANGELES – Early Thursday morning, law enforcement authorities arrested an alleged gang member who had been a fugitive for nearly two years after the unsealing of a federal racketeering indictment that charges him in the attempted murder of an undercover Whittier Police Officer. Frankie Vasquez, 39, of Carson, was arrested in connection with an
NEW YORK–The Klein Law Firm announces the commencement of an investigation of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQGS:KLIC) concerning possible violations of federal securities laws. Kulicke and Soffa issued a press release on May 10, 2018, disclosing it will not file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in
Keith Ecker – Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani are not doing lawyers any favors. The two attorneys, both part of Donald Trump’s inner circle of advisors, have been the targets of late-night talk show jokes and public ridicule thanks to what can only be described as their bumbling behavior. I don’t think I have to
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2018 – Reed Smith today announced that Edward B. “Ed” Schwartz has joined the firm’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group as the Co-Chair of its Antitrust & Competition Team and partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He was previously the firmwide Practice Group Leader of the Antitrust Practice at Steptoe &
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today that BRENT BORLAND, the owner and principal of a New York-based investment fund known as Belize Infrastructure Fund I LLC (“Belize
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