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These outstanding women were recognized at an awards dinner on September 24 as part of our Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Chicago.
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See More StoriesFTC Takes Legal Action Against Three Largest PBMs Over High Insulin Prices
"Millions of Americans with diabetes need insulin to survive, yet for many of these vulnerable patients, their insulin drug costs have skyrocketed over the past decade thanks in part to powerful PBMs and their greed," said Rahul Rao, deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.
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See More StoriesWarner Bros. Discovery CLO Exits as Frustrated Investors Turn Up Heat on CEO
Savalle Sims, who's been a key lieutenant to CEO David Laslav since 2011, is leaving, for reasons neither she nor the company have explained.
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See More StoriesDesmarais Team Wins Nearly $45M Award for IBM in Patent Dispute With Zynga Games
A Delaware jury found Zynga violated two patents concerning features and advertising technology used in several popular games. The game developer says it will appeal.
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Jason J. Rawnsley and Gabriela Monasterio of Richards, Layton & Finger have stepped in to represent Caterpillar in a pending trademark lawsuit. The complaint was filed Aug. 27 in Delaware District Court by DLA Piper on behalf of Canada-based Tigercat Industries and centers on the plaintiff's 'Tigercat' marks for off-road industrial vehicles. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, is 1:24-cv-00980, Tigercat International Inc. et al v. Caterpillar Inc.
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Jay A. Dubow and Whitney R. Redding of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders have entered appearances for Ocugen Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and its current and former top executives in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The court action, filed July 17 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by Hynes Keller & Hernandez, the Rosen Law Firm and the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Priyank Garg and Melissa Voter, accuses the defendants of making misleading statements about Ocugen’s business, operations and prospects and failing to disclose that Ocugen did not have adequate internal controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge, is 2:24-cv-03119, Garg v. Musunuri et al.
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Rebecca Jamie Cantor of Brooks Kushman has entered an appearance for Green Crown Ventures, former Hot Deals employee Sol Wyler and Lauren Klein in a pending patent lawsuit seeking to amend named inventorship and alleging tortious interference. The court action, filed July 17 in New York Eastern District Court by Bochner PLLC on behalf of BQBP Electronics Inc. d/b/a Hot Deals Electronics and BQBP Electronics Inc., centers on a patent related to a wire rack for holding chafing trays. The suit contends that the defendants presented the plaintiff's chafing stand as their own invention to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, excluding the name of Hot Deals' CEO, David Banda, as co-inventor. The suit also disputes the defendants' purported accusations of infringement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Diane Gujarati, is 1:24-cv-04965, Bqbp Electronics Inc. v. Green Crown Ventures, LLC et al.
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Jay A. Dubow and Whitney R. Redding of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders have stepped in to represent Ocugen, a biotechnology company, and its top executives in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The court action, filed July 22 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by Gainey McKenna & Egleston, the Rosen Law Firm and Donovan Litigation Group on behalf of Melissa Voter, accuses the defendants of failing to disclose that Ocugen did not have adequate internal controls over financial reporting. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge, is 2:24-cv-03209, Voter v. Musunuri et al.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Boris Feldman has entered an appearance for Moderna, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The case, filed Aug. 9 in Massachusetts District Court by Pomerantz LLP and Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, accuses the defendants of overstating the efficacy of mRESVIA, its mRNA respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, which is intended to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, is 1:24-cv-12058, Wentz v. Moderna, Inc. et al.
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A federal judge in Virginia found Thursday that former George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School professor Joshua Wright cannot stop a Title IX investigation into claims that he used his academic influence to seduce female law students—dismissing all but one of his claims against the university.
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