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Reed Smith announces Reed Smith adds partner-counsel duo to Life Sciences Health Industry practice
Reed Smith announced that Brian Bewley is joining the firm as a partner and Kaitlyn Dunn as counsel in its Life Sciences Health Industry Group. -
Appeals panel: No obligation for insurer to cover Medline vs ethylene oxide lawsuits; emissions began before policy
An appeals court has ruled a Chicago insurer does not have to defend a suburban medical sterilizer company, against a suit claiming plant emissions caused cancer, saying the emissions began before the policy took effect. -
Reed Smith adds partner and counsel to growing powerhouse advertising, brand, data protection, and privacy practice in Chicago
Reed Smith adds partner and counsel to growing powerhouse advertising, brand, data protection, and privacy practice in Chicago. -
REED SMITH LLP: Reed Smith announces 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinders
Reed Smith announced that Karen Lee Lust, a Washington D.C.-based partner in the Records and eDiscovery group, was selected as the firm’s Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2021. -
Judge blocks Foxx's bid to block questioning of former top deputies in wrongful murder conviction case
Depositions of former top Cook County prosecutors Eric Sussman and Mark Rotert could reveal "relevant information" on why the Cook County State's Attorney's Office under Kim Foxx didn't seek new trials for two men who had confessed in a brutal 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
REED SMITH LLP: Reed Smith represents Curtiss-Wright in deal closing with Pacific Star Communications
Global law firm Reed Smith has advised Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) on closing its $400 million deal to acquire the stock of Pacific Star Communications (PacStar®). -
Foxx's attempt to shut down questioning of ex-top deputies in wrongful conviction case 'untenable': Court filing
Lawyers for the city of Chicago and a group of Chicago police officers say they need to question two former top deputies of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, to answer why Foxx's office decided to walk away from a new trial for two men who had earlier confessed to a 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
Foxx asks judge to block questioning of ex-deputy in wrongful murder conviction civil rights case
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has asked a federal judge to prevent attorneys for police officers accused of coercing confession from man now cleared of murder charges. -
Federal judge pulls plug on 'artful' attempt to use a Texas law to sue Blue Cross in Chicago court
Opinion says out-of-network providers tried to gloss over federal claims by wrapping them in a Texas state insurance payment law, and all claims fell short. -
REED SMITH LLP: Chicago Reed Smith lawyers named to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Reed Smith announced that 15 of its lawyers were named to the 2020 Super Lawyers list and five were named to the Rising Stars list, by the rating service Super Lawyers. -
Judge: Moms' lawsuit's lack of focus thwarts class action attempt vs Blue Cross over lactation service coverages
A group of mothers claiming Blue Cross Blue Shield illegally failed to cover lactation consultations are trying to certify too broad a class, judge says -
REED SMITH LLP: Two Reed Smith partners named Most Notable Minorities by Crain's
Recognized individuals must have the ability to effect change in their area of practice, serve as a role model or mentor, and must hold a leadership position outside their organization. -
REED SMITH LLP: Reed Smith shortlisted for 2019 FT Innovative Lawyers awards
We are pleased to announce that Reed Smith has been shortlisted in two categories for the forthcoming 2019 Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers Report and Awards. -
REED SMITH LLP: ABA 2019 Women in Litigation Joint CLE Conference
The American Bar Association (ABA) will host their Women in Litigation Joint CLE Conference on November 13-15, at the Loews Chicago Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. -
REED SMITH LLP: Reed Smith Tops US News/Best Lawyers' List for Advertising
Reed Smith is pleased to announce that the firm received the 2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" award for Advertising Law. -
@Properties OK to keep suing Baird & Warner over false advertising, but will need more proof later, judge says
The company that bills itself as the top real estate firm in Chicago will be allowed to continue its lawsuit against a rival, accused of false advertising in promoting its achievements in recent years - though the judge said @Properties will need to bring more proof to back its claims vs Baird & Warner. -
REED SMITH LLP: Reed Smith lawyers named Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year
Reed Smith announces that seven lawyers in its U.S. offices have been named Lawyer of the Year in their practice areas in the Best Lawyers® 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. -
Appeal judges mull 'troubling' questions on potential fallout from $3M verdict vs GSK over lawyer's suicide
With one judge saying he found “troubling” the potential harm to patients from decreased incentives for drug makers to develop new breakthrough medications, a federal appellate panel in Chicago hashed out some of the legal questions surrounding the appeal of jury’s verdict ordering GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide, and whose family has accused the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn that a generic version of its drug Paxil could raise a patient’s risk of suicide. -
GSK appeals $3M verdict over lawyer's suicide, Paxil labeling
About two weeks after a Chicago federal judge turned down its request for a new trial, pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline has formally appealed the judicial decisions the company has contended led to a jury improperly awarding $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide by stepping in front of a train in Chicago’s Loop after taking a generic version of Paxil, an antidepressant developed by GSK. -
Judge: No need for new trial, $3M verdict vs GSK over lawyer's suicide should stand
Pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline will not get a chance to undo a jury’s verdict, finding it owes $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide, allegedly after taking a generic equivalent of GSK’s anti-depressant drug, Paxil.