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Philadelphia Bar Approves Best Practices for Retaining, Promoting Women
The disparity between men and women at the leadership, partner and GC levels has inspired the Philadelphia Bar Association to adopt Best Practices for the Retention and Promotion of Women Attorneys. The committee that drafted the best practices drew from attorneys from small to large firms, who work in government and who work as in-house corporate counsel. "Women are becoming leaders more and more," says Duane Morris partner Sharon Caffrey. "Keeping that out there as a goal is a benefit to women."Big Pharma and the antitrust bar both have a lot at stake as the Supreme Court considers what to do about "pay for delay" deals that keep generic drugs off the market. In the meantime, Lefkowitz won a ruling on pay-for-delay that gives the pharmaceutical industry some crucial breathing room where it needed it most, in the Third Circuit.
Class Action Antitrust Suit Wins 3rd Circuit's Approval
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has greenlighted a class action antitrust suit brought by purchasers of corrugated paper products that accused paper manufacturers of conspiring to decrease their production so that prices would rise. Plaintiffs' lawyers hailed the decision as a major victory because the court flatly rejected two defense arguments that could have made it impossible to pursue class remedies in many antitrust cases.SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 549 CA 09-02438 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., FAHEY, CARNI,
SmithKline to Pay $5.2 Million to Settle ERISA Suit
SmithKline Beecham Corp. has agreed to pay $5.2 million to settle an ERISA class-action suit brought by workers who said they were improperly labeled temporary and therefore denied pension benefits despite working full time for months or even years.District Judge William H. Pauley U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Shyron Bynog Plaintiff Pro Se James M. Woolsey III, Esq.
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