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Eli Lilly, Amylin end collaboration, litigation – AP – msnbc.com

Drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday that they will end their long-standing collaboration to develop diabetes drugs, an announcement that sent Amylin shares tumbling. The companies also said they were resolving a …

Garzon on universal jurisdiction in the international criminal arena – Harvard Law School News

Although Pinochet died in Chile before he was convicted, his case marked a watershed in international law, ultimately resulting in changes to Chile’s immunity law and the development of new universal jurisdiction statutes. “Universal …

Appeals Court Upholds Obama Health Care Law – Salon

WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over …

Tracking the health care law appeals – Marketplace.publicradio.org

You have to love the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia for its practicality in today’s decision that upholds the health care law pushed by President Barack Obama. Before writing its opinion (available here), the justices acknowledged that … Continue reading

Carlton Marcyan Named Chicago Area Best Family Law Lawyer of the Year – Yahoo Finance

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Lake Forest resident Carlton R. Marcyan, Partner and Executive Committee Chair at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, was recently named Chicago Area Best Family Law Lawyer of the Year for 2012 by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most … Continue reading

Civil union law deserves scrutiny – Morris County Daily Record

For years, gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey have maintained that the state’s 2006 civil union law does not provide them the same legal rights as married couples. The evidence seems to back them up. Now, advocates for equality … Continue reading

While More Men Are Finding Work, Women Continue to Lose Jobs – Yahoo Finance

we saw something quite disturbing,” says Joan Entmacher, vice president and director of family economic security at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C. “Men were making modest gains. They were adding jobs, and their unemployment …

Amylin to End Lilly Byetta Partnership to Stop Litigation – Bloomberg

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMLN) and Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) agreed to end a decade-long diabetes partnership to resolve litigation between the two drugmakers. Amylin will assume global responsibility for developing the injectable drug Byetta …

University to release intellectual property – Sydney Morning Herald

Anne Fitzgerald, law professor at the University of Queensland and intellectual property specialist, said it was crucial for Australia to improve its relationship between industry and academia. ”We’ve still got the problem of building a connection between …

$8.5M Ponzi scheme alleged in NJ charges – AP – msnbc.com

Prosecutors allege that instead of depositing his client’s money into the client’s family trust, Kwasnik put the funds into a general account for his law firm. Last week, the 42-year-old Kwasnik was sued in civil court by the state, which … Continue reading