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Life Sciences Licensing and M&A Update: Catching Up on Recent Decisions Affecting Commercially Reasonable Efforts Definitions and...

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Recently, the Delaware Chancery Court and the Third Circuit issued three significant decisions on key issues affecting licensing and M&A transactions in the life sciences industry....more

Lathrop GPM

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms District Court’s Partial Dismissal of Complaint for Breach of Distributor Agreement by...

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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court’s dismissal of two claims brought by distributors against the medical-device manufacturer Zimmer Biomet. It also affirmed a jury verdict in favor of the...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Winthrop & Weinstine Team Obtains Jury Trial and Appellate Wins for American Distributor

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This month, our appellate team comprised of Gerry Fornwald, Kyle Kroll, and Cianna Halloran prevailed at the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in obtaining victory for our client, an American distributor. The case involved a...more

Lewitt Hackman

Franchisee 101: Bad to the Bone

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A group of franchisees sued OsteoStrong, a franchisor of bone density improvement centers. They claimed omissions in the FDD about bankruptcies and lawsuits, and misrepresentations of patent rights to equipment and...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update: October 2020

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

A&O Shearman

Delaware Court Of Chancery Orders Acquiror To Consummate Merger Finding That Misrepresentations Did Not Amount To A Material...

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On December 18, 2019, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that defendant Boston Scientific Corporation was not entitled to terminate its merger agreement with plaintiff Channel Medsystems,...more

Knobbe Martens

CardiAQ - An IP Success Story

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At the recent ACC-Socal Double Header Event, Knobbe Martens presented, "CardiAQ - An IP Success Story." ...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Electing to Pay One Claim Over Another to an Insured’s Detriment Could Subject Insurers to Bad Faith Claims

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A federal court in Michigan just breathed new life into a long-running legal saga—while at the same time issuing a warning shot across the bows of insurers—by declining to dismiss an insured’s bad faith cause of action...more

Knobbe Martens

District Court Awarded Ultrasound Device Maker Verasonics $5.6 Million And World-Wide Injunction In Trade Secret Case

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The United States District Court of Western District of Washington entered a judgment in a trade secret case, Verasonics, Inc. v. Alpinion Medical Systems Co., Ltd. (Case No. 2:14-cv-01820-JCC). The district court confirmed...more

Fisher Phillips

Choice-of-Law and Choice-of-Forum May Depend on the Choice of Where to File and When: Multi-State Employers Continue to Face...

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Employers who operate in a multi-state environment should take note of a recent case out of the Sixth Circuit (which governs employers that operate in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.) Stone Surgical, LLC v. Stryker...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2016

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In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

5 Questions About France’s New Health-related Class Action Law

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The number of eligible associations and the law’s broad scope could portend a significant number of health-related class actions. A new law, referred to as Loi Santé No. 2016-41 and enacted on 26 January 2016, contains...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Non-Disclosure Agreement Enforceable Although Unlimited In Time And Area

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A salesman for a medical device manufacturer signed a confidentiality covenant at the time he was hired. A dozen years later, he resigned and went to work for a competitor. The former employer sued him in an Ohio federal...more

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