By Jaime Bochet
Of the Legal Staff
Welcome to your daily round-up of stories in today's edition of The Legal Intelligencer. Click the links below to access stories directly, or head to The Legal homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)
Just as Tuesdays always include our Pennsylvania Law Weekly section, Wednesday is the unofficial "Day of Delaware," when we roll out the fresh ink from our First State to the south. That includes the Delaware Law Weekly, available online at www.delawarelawweekly.com, as well as our newest product, the Delaware Business Court Insider, an online newsletter that definitely warrants a look.
But more about Delaware in a bit … let's get to today's Legal.
Topping the front page is a decision from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by U.S. Courthouse Correspondent Shannon P. Duffy: In a pair of hefty opinions, a federal judge has certified class action antitrust claims against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, maker of the wildly popular antidepressant drug Wellbutrin XL, for allegedly using sham patent suits to delay generic versions of the drug from making their way to the market.
Also sharing top billing on the front, reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that when former Philadelphia Housing Authority Chairman John F. Street said on a local news program that former PHA Executive Director Carl Greene "'lied about everything,'" Street did not defame Greene, a Philadelphia judge said earlier this month.
Below the fold, senior reporter Gina Passarella has news of Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed opening an office in Wilmington, Del.
Today's Page 3 story is also by Amaris, who writes that a Philadelphia judge has ruled that a convicted murderer should get a new trial because one of two main witnesses against him said that he was pressured by a police detective to give false testimony as a child.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2. The top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
Today's contributed columns are "Immigration Law" by H. Ronald Klasko of Klasko Rulon Stock & Seltzer, and our weekly "GC Mid-Atlantic" page.
As we move south in our weekly coverage to Delaware, we'll stop first at the Delaware Law Weekly, where reporter Jeff Mordock has the top stories. Please note: all of our Delaware coverage is for paid subscribers, but you can register for a free 30-day trial by clicking here.
In the top slot, Jeff writes that the controversy continues at Widener University School of Law: Several law professors throughout the country have blasted Widener Law and Dean Linda J. Ammons after the school ordered a one-year suspension without pay and a psychiatric evaluation for university professor Lawrence J. Connell after a university panel cleared him of all but one of the charges levied against him by two former students.
Jeff also reports that the Delaware Attorney General's Office filed a motion in New York Supreme Court last week seeking to enjoin the proposed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon, which could end their legal dispute over residential mortgage securitization trusts.
Finally, we'd like you to meet (if you haven't already) the Delaware Business Court Insider. As the name suggests, this is a national product covering the latest news, analysis and cases from the Delaware Chancery Court, Bankruptcy Court and Supreme Court. The accompanying website is www.delbizcourt.com, where you can go to subscribe to this weekly newsletter. You can also follow us on Twitter at @delbizcourt.
Top stories there include:
- A ruling in Delaware Chancery Court that fact witnesses, who are prohibited from receiving compensation for their testimony, may receive payment from a party who will benefit from their testimony, if they perform other services in relation to the case.
- A ruling from Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. that a member of an existing Delaware limited liability company can assign its entire interest, including voting rights, to another member and that the member who acquired the shares does not need to be readmitted with each additional interest it acquires, even if the LLC agreement requires consent of all the members upon the admission of a new member.
- Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons Jr. set a late November trial date to decide a request by an affiliate of Starr International to inspect China MediaExpress Holdings' books and records under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole? E-mail me or any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal and our Delaware coverage!
Jaime Bochet is the Magazines & Supplements Editor for The Legal. Follow her on Twitter at @JaimeBochetTLI or e-mail [email protected].
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