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May 15, 2006 |

Change in New Jersey lobby law inspires firm subsidiary

With an eye on new rules that make life tough for lawyers who lobby, a midsize New Jersey law firm has decided to outsource its governmental affairs practice-to itself.
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Government Settles with Stryker Biotech for $15 Million, Drops Charges Against Execs
Publication Date: 2012-01-19
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The government's case against Stryker Biotech and three of its executives was set to be a rare instance of an off-label marketing case going before a jury. But after only two days of trial, the Boston U.S. attorney's office reached a $15 million settlement with the company, represented by Ropes & Gray. Prosecutors also dropped charges against the executives, represented by Wilmer, Libby Hoopes, and Nutter, McClennen.

May 27, 1999 |

Bone-Screw Maker Extends Winning Streak

An Atlanta federal judge's decision to throw out claims against a maker of orthopedic bone screws marks the latest of a long line of defense wins nationally. U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story, ruling in the first six of dozens of bone screw cases before him, last month became the 44th federal judge to grant summary judgment to screw-maker Sofamor-Danek Group Inc., the company's lawyer says.
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May 04, 2012 |

Greenberg Traurig

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May 16, 2008 |

Proceed With Caution on 'Bilski'

West Virginia University law prof Michael V. Risch says the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal should be critical of business method patents, but shouldn't ban them altogether.
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May 12, 2008 |

The Idea's the Thing

If the Federal Circuit rules against the inventors on the subject-matter question in In re Bilski, it could rule out not just one weak application, but some—or even all—business method patents, seriously undermining incentives for inventors, entrepreneurs, and investors, writes Michael Risch.
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February 15, 2008 |

Federal judge blasts top IP litigators

Two of the San Francisco area's most prominent IP litigators were excoriated this week by a federal judge for allegedly misleading jurors in a patent infringement trial. McDermott Will & Emery's Terrence McMahon and Vera Elson were chastised for "abuse of advocacy" in the trial judge's order requiring the firm and its client to pay the opposing side's attorney fees. An ethics expert and patent lawyer at another firm said the ruling in the Medtronic case will be seen as a cautionary tale for years to come.
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February 12, 2013 |

Attorney, Relatives Awarded Nearly $20 Million in Dispute Over Breast Implant Business

A U.S. jury has awarded about $7.8 million in compensatory damages and interest, plus $12 million in punitive damages, to a Florida tax lawyer and his relatives, stemming from a dispute with a breast implant company founder who is already facing trial in his native France.
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May 30, 2006 |

Sentencing Guidelines, Corporate Governance and Information Management

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges writes that it may surprise many people to learn that the federal sentencing guidelines have a relationship to corporate governance and, specifically, to the management of electronic information. When corporations are convicted of criminal offenses, the guidelines provide two factors that can mitigate fines, including the existence of effective compliance and ethics programs. Hedges outlines some of the factors important to such programs.
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February 07, 2013 |

Attorney, relatives awarded nearly $20M in dispute over implant business

Jean-Claude Mas, a former traveling salesman and founder of a French company that made tens of thousands of bad breast implants, already faces trial in his native land.
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