Change has been coming to India’s legal market for a while, but now it seems we’ve reached an inflection point. A key moment came last week when Indian practice JSA Advocates & Solicitors announced that it has hired a high-profile team of 20 corporate lawyers from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas &…

An influential appellate court has agreed to take up a bankruptcy involving the controversial “Texas two-step,” potentially deciding the merger tactic’s fate in future Chapter 11 cases. On May 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed to hear a petition to dismiss the bankruptcy of Bestwall,…

Jennifer Routh and Edward B. Diskant of McDermott Will & Emery have entered appearances for CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy and other defendants in a pending civil RICO class action. The case was filed on April 23 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check; Carella Byrne Cecchi…

Marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug since Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970. Under the CSA, Schedule I drugs are deemed to have a high potential for abuse and have no accepted medical use. For perspective, other drugs listed as a Schedule I drug…

Bristol-Myers Squibb, wholesale drug company Cencora Inc. and patient support services company Lash Group LLC were slapped with a data breach class action on June 10 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court. The suit, filed by Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert, centers on a Feb. 2024 cyberattack that allegedly exposed the…

  Effective communication is critical during times of change within a company. When mishandled, it can lead to confusion, dissatisfaction, decreased morale, and in the worst case, eventual failure of an organization. But it’s possible to turn troubled communication around and transform a potentially negative situation into a positive one.…