The six largest pharmacy benefit managers control 94 percent of all prescriptions in the United States, contributing to higher drug costs and driving out independent pharmacies, the Federal Trade Commission stated in a report released Tuesday. The FTC released the report as part of its ongoing investigation launched in 2022…

‘I Really Messed Up in There’: Judge faces Punishment for Cursing in Court | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/07/09/i-really-messed-up-in-there-judge-faces-punishment-for-cursing/ Credit: new_cox/Adobe Stock “Sir, I’m doing something here,” the judge reportedly told a defendant who came into his courtroom. “Could you shut up and sit down?” July 09, 2024…

A California inventor has filed patent-infringement complaints against Google, Microsoft and Apple, alleging the three tech giants have improperly used mapping technology he developed beginning in the early 2000s. Represented by Mateo Z. Fowler of Los Angeles, Never-Search Inc. alleges the three companies have used technology belonging to Never-Search founder…

Richards, Layton & Finger announced that it has elected attorneys Cory D. Kandestin, Daniel E. Kaprow, and Kyle H. Lachmund as directors of the firm, and Christine Dealy Haynes, Zachary D. Kmetz, and Kinsey Lenehan as counsel of the firm, effective July 1. Kandestin is a bankruptcy litigator, handling fraudulent…

This article is the third in a four-part series that examines how litigation—and, more specifically, its results—can shape the evolution of best practices in the real estate industry. The first article discussed some of the hazards of statutes of limitations; the second counseled caution in drafting “good guy guaranties” in…

Mayer Brown is growing in Paris with a seven-partner transactional team of about 30 lawyers from French firm Ayache Avocats to boost its M&A, private equity, banking and finance practices in the city. The group is led by Ayache Law co-managing partner Bernard Ayache, whose LinkedIn profile says he has…