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The Legal Intelligencer

Don't Be Cranky and Don't Cause Delays: Judge Pushes for Efficiency in Ozempic MDL

"What I want is to avoid asking for continuances and asking for delay and asking for new dates. Just pick your poison and stick with it," Pratter told the approximately 70 people gathered in her courtroom Thursday.
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Corporate Counsel

After Honing Skills at Pharma Heavyweight, Attorney Takes First GC Post

"I love the fast pace and urgency," said Andy Rittenberg, the newly appointed general counsel of Coherus BioSciences. "We have a lot on our plates and accomplish a lot with a small team."
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Corporate Counsel

Weight-Loss-Drug Craze Pumps Up Pay for Lilly GC

Anat Hakim joined Lilly in 2020, just before the company's stock began a long ascent that has more than quadrupled its value—pushing the company's market capitalization past Tesla's.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Mass Tort Over Janssen Bladder Drug Winds Down Without Bellwether Trial

The first trial in the mass tort had been scheduled to begin Monday, but most of the program's cases were resolved through confidential settlements in the last six months, according to Kline & Specter partner Tobi Millrood, who serves as plaintiffs liaison counsel in the matter.
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Law.com

Opioid Judge Has Concerns About Motley Rice: 'I Can't Understand Why You Don't See That'

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.
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Corporate Counsel

Walgreens Goes Outside Retailing to Hire New Legal Chief

Lanesha Minnix's appointment completes the executive committee for CEO Tim Wentworth, who came out of retirement in October to take the post.
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The Recorder

CVS Administered Wrong RSV Vaccine to Pregnant Woman, Class Action Alleges

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Meet the Pennsylvania Judge Overseeing the Ozempic MDL

"Civility helps bring out the best in people," Pratter said, "just like being uncivil tends to hide the merits of a case and unnecessarily inflames people to get involved in side squabbles that do not move the case along."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Former GSK Patent Leader Moves to Troutman Pepper

Duke Fitch started at the company as a medicinal chemist and rose to vice president of U.S. pharmaceutical patents after earning his law degree.
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New Jersey Law Journal

LexisNexis Accused of Disseminating Private Information

A court can award actual damages of at least $1,000 for each violation, punitive damages for reckless or willful disregard of the law, and attorney fees and litigation costs.
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