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In re: Gilead Sci. Sec. Litig.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action claiming defendant-biopharmaceutical company misled the investing public by representing that demand for its most popular...

Little Gem Life Sciences LLC v. Orphan Med., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, M&A, Securities Law
In a securities class action against a company alleging that the company and two of its principal executive officers negligently failed to disclose...

New Jersey Carpenters Pension & Annuity Funds v. Biogen IDEC, Inc.

Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
In a federal securities class action matter alleging defendant drug company and senior executives intentionally misrepresented the safety of and the...

County of San Diego v. San Diego NORML

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
Judgment rejecting plaintiff counties' claims that Medical Marijuana Program Act (MMP)is invalid under preemption principles and that MMP poses an...

Bailey v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case of first impression involving the limitations period for removal in a multi-defendant litigation, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand her...

Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a matter of first impression in California antitrust law, the court of appeals rules that the pass-on defense is available to defendants accused of...

Meijer, Inc. v. Biovail Corp.

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In consolidated antitrust actions alleging that a drug manufacturer misused its patent to keep a generic equivalent to one of its drugs off the...

Chein v. Drug Enforcement Admin.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
DEA's revocation of petitioner-physician's practitioner's registration and denial of his application for a registration to export Schedule III and...

Bandana Trading Co., Inc. v. Quality Infusion Care, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In an action for breach of contract, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the trial court erred when it refused to remove...

Eisai Co. Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Lab., Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors, summary judgment for plaintiff ruling that its patent was enforceable is...