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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • September 18, 2026

    Cooley-Led Electra Therapeutics Prices Upsized $350M IPO

    Cooley LLP-advised Electra Therapeutics, a venture-backed biotech firm developing antibodies for immune diseases and cancer, began trading Friday after raising $350 million in an upsized IPO.

  • September 18, 2026

    How Cos. Can Avoid Infant Product False Advertising Suits

    As lawsuits proliferate over products marketed for infant use and sold at a premium that are identical to cheaper general-use products, manufacturers should review related product lines, and scrutinize contextual cues that may contribute to the overall message received by consumers, say attorneys at Chamberlain Hrdlicka.

  • September 18, 2026

    9th Circ. Ruling Raises Bar For Arbitration Pacts Via Email

    The Ninth Circuit's recent holding in Rickes v. Thermo Fisher that the mere delivery of an email doesn't establish an employee's assent to the arbitration agreement underscores that rollout processes should both give employees notice of the agreement and create evidence of their assent, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • September 17, 2026

    Opioid MDL Judge Fears 'Chaos' If PBMs Derail 100s Of Suits

    The federal judge steering multidistrict opioid litigation is lacing into major pharmacy benefit managers for asking the Sixth Circuit to abruptly reverse a key ruling, denouncing their "spurious insinuations" about his motives and warning of disarray if they successfully break up the MDL's consolidated suits.

  • September 17, 2026

    IBM, J&J Get Incurable Data Breach Suit Tossed For Good

    A New York federal judge dismissed a proposed class action alleging IBM and Johnson & Johnson's healthcare arm failed to safeguard sensitive health information of thousands of patients before a 2023 data breach, saying he provided plaintiffs a chance to fix their complaint, and they didn't cure its "deficiencies."

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