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Legal Turmoil in the Pharmaceutical Industry: AbbVie, Purdue, and Beyond

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: In a legal confrontation that could significantly impact the pharmaceutical industry, AbbVie has petitioned the U.S. Adding to the legal drama, the pharmaceutical industry faces challenges in Mississippi, where U.S. has petitioned the U.S. Novartis, however, remains defiant and plans to appeal the decision.

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 5: Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Case, Generic Drug Pricing Discussion Continues, and How the Pandemic Impacted Counterfeiting

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Vanda Pharmaceutical sues the U.S.

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Strobel v. Johnson & Johnson: Got a Hearsay Problem? Don't Give Up.

Evidence at Trial

But with hearsay having so many exceptions, the most obvious objection may not be the most effective. But Strobel is important reading because it illustrates that even when Sanchez applies ( i.e. , a hearsay objection is sustained), you need to have a "Plan B" in mind. A sustained objection isn’t necessarily a dead end.

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Moneyballing Testimony: A Field Guide to Deposition Gorillas

The Cloud Court Blog

Does your opposing counsel object slightly more often, across multiple depositions, when certain topics are discussed? You can find and export testimony related to a single topic, even when that testimony is siloed in disparate minds and witnesses and attorneys and cases and time. Or when certain types of exhibits are introduced?

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The Secret Weapon: Leveraging Patent Agents to Gain a Competitive Edge – Shayne Phillips (TGIR Ep. 186)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

They had pharmaceutical companies, chemical companies, oil and gas companies, you name it, I have them as my clients. And what not two or three cocktails, they might accidentally object cocktails, yes, yeah. So my territory was a geographical territory from mid Indiana, all the way to the West Coast. So that’s one of their standards.

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Sex addiction: Science or pop fad?

Forensic Psychologist

Unlike many purported disorders that are promoted by researchers or the pharmaceutical industry, sex addiction is a bottoms-up movement, with people self-diagnosing themselves via self-help books or quick-and-dirty Internet surveys.