A Massachusetts federal jury sided with lions McCarter & English LLP, Venable LLP, Williams & Connolly LLP and Minerva Law PC when it handed AstraZeneca PLC and Ranbaxy Inc. a win in the first pay-for-delay class action trial since the U.S. Supreme Court agreed the patent settlements could Continue Reading
Sheri Pastor appointed to newly created New Jersey Supreme Court Working Group on Ethical Issues Involving Metadata in Electronic Documents
New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner today announced the formation of the Working Group on Ethical Issues Involving Metadata in Electronic Documents, a new Supreme Court Committee to examine ethical issues regarding metadata. Chief Justice Rabner named McCarter’s Sheri Pastor to Continue Reading
Jury Rules in Favor of AstraZeneca in Nexium Trial
We acted as co-counsel with Williams & Connolly in defending AstraZeneca's Hatch-Waxman Act settlements with generic drug manufacturers from multiple antitrust class actions. The classes, consisting of end users, distributors and retailers, claimed that AZ's settlements with Continue Reading
Jury Hands AstraZeneca Win in Nexium Pay-For-Delay Case
A Massachusetts federal jury sided with defendants AstraZeneca PLC and Ranbaxy Inc. in the first pay-for-delay class action trial since the U.S. Supreme Court agreed the patent settlements could face antitrust scrutiny, finding that AstraZeneca would never have allowed a generic Nexium to launch Continue Reading
Kenneth R. Meyer Obtains Defense Verdict in Product Liability Case Involving Cement Truck
IADC Board member Ken Meyer, Partner at McCarter & English, LLP in Newark, NJ, together with Associate, Desiree L. Grace, obtained a defense verdict for defendants, Terex Corp., a Connecticut entity, and Terex Advance Mixer, an Indiana entity, in a product liability case in which the plaintiff, Continue Reading
Judge Nixes $105M Award, Citing New IP Case Law
A California federal judge has set aside a $105 million award to electronics component maker Power Integrations Inc. based on a recent appellate court ruling on royalty damages. The judge’s ruling referred to the Federal Circuit’s September ruling in Virnetx Inc. v. Cisco Systems. That ruling Continue Reading