The best defense is a good offense? That’s what one may wonder after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it is launching its own investigation into whether its policies, procedures and internal…
Pharmaceutical giant Merck will pay $950 million, and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge regarding the marketing and sales of the painkiller Vioxx, both the company and the Justice…
Four partners, formerly with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, have joined the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. They are Daniel Thomasch, Richard Mark, Lauren Elliot and…
The use of some pediatric vaccines manufactured by Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis SA was suspended by Japan’s health ministry after four infants died following their immunizations. A day after they…
Good morning everybody! Today is Thursday, October 7th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories. Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C expanded into Columbus, Ohio,via a merger with Golian McCaffrey,…
Phillips & Cohen LLP has been selected for the National Law Journal’s “Hot List” of the Top 12 plaintiffs’ law firms in the U.S. for 2010. For four times in…
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, May 17th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s and Saturday’s stories. Orrick to Change Profit Reporting… Loucks Has New Home… Small Firms to…
Michael K. Loucks, who spent over 20 years as a U.S. attorney in Massachusetts, has joined law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Loucks is best known for a number of high…
Per Globe Newswire, the Brualdi Law Firm has filed a class action suit against Pfizer in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The suit…
Former Pfizer Assistant General Counsel Carlton Wessel joins DLA Piper’s Washington office as a partner today. Wessel was previously a partner at King & Spaulding. Frank Conner, managing partner at…
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