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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, the generic pharmaceutical giant, filed an appeal with the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals this week to challenge a U.S. District Court decision barring the company from producing a drug before 2025. Alphapharm and Par Pharmaceutical are joining Dr. Reddy’s in the appeal. The medication in question is Treximet, a migraine treatment developed by Pozen, Inc. and marketed in the U.S. by GlaxoSmithKline. Treximet generated $15.4 million in 2010 U....

Tommy Ray McAdoo wanted one thing when he walked into a Nevada bank last November brandishing a steak knife: a prison sentence. Homeless, “freezing and scared” according to his public defender, and suffering from heart kidney disease, McAdoo didn’t want to spend more time on the Reno streets. With a criminal history stretching back to 1964, the 77-year-old had done several stints in jail and wanted to return to “a world he’s familiar with....

A Long-Island man wanted a puppy so badly that he grabbed a tiny Pomeranian and shoved it in his pants. We would give him ten points for creativity, but in reality he probably wasn’t motivated by puppy love. The man and his accomplice, neither of whom have been identified by police, went into Zoorama Pet Store and one pretended to be interested in dogs. He distracted the clerk while the soon-to-be puppy thief tried several times unsuccessfully to open the cash register....

United States Court of International Trade’s (CIT) final judgment concerning pasta imported into the United States by an Italian producer and exporter of pasta, arising from a 1996 Commerce antidumping order, is affirmed as the adverse-facts-available (AFA) 45.49% margin assessed against plaintiff is supported by substantial evidence. Read PAM, S.P.A. v. US, No. 09-1066 Appeal from: United States Court of International Trade Decided September 24, 2009 Judges Before Michel, Chief Judge, Lourie, Circuit Judge, and Clark, District Judge...

Conviction for first degree murder and robbery and sentence of death is affirmed where: 1) the prosecutor did not commit prosecutorial misconduct, and any misconduct that did occur was harmless in light of the evidence of defendant’s guilt; 2) defendant failed to show that the testimonies of certain witnesses were unreliable, and thus properly admitted the testimonies; 3) the court did not err in allowing the prosecutor to present the testimony of one of the witnesses’ attorneys in rebuttal; 4) defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel; and 5) defendant’s other claims of error in the trial phase are without merit....

Police in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, have arrested the man who allegedly robbed a convenience store wearing a toilet paper mask. Because of his clever disguise, the suspect has been called the “Toilet Paper Bandit” as the toilet paper mask was wrapped around his head to conceal his identity. According to the Journal-Star, police arrested Joshua Nelson, 29, who was charged with robbery and use of a weapon to commit a felony....

Lawyers don’t go into government work for the money. Some do it for the experience. Others see it as a stepping stone to a political career. A few will even choose working for the governmental man as a path to the loan forgiveness. And – okay – some people want to prosecute bad guys and “fight the good fight,” but there are also those “public servants” that just get high off the power....

This case comes down to one thing that is even more sure than death or taxes: lawmakers shouldn’t write laws about things that they are ignorant of. Such a lack of understanding of gun basics is what doomed this state ammunition restriction to the trash bin. A California law, passed in 2010 and blocked by a trial court in Fresno in 2011, placed a number of restrictions on the purchase of ammunition that was “principally for use” in handguns, including fingerprinting, sales tracking, and a ban on online and mail-order sales....

In plaintiffs’ quiet title action to extinguish a lien of deed of trust held by defendants against their property, summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs is reversed as a notice of default does not constitute a part of the record for purposes of Civil Code section 882.020(a) where the loan’s maturity date was not ascertainable from the record, and as such, the defendants’ rights to enforce the terms of the deed of trust had not expired and will not expire until 60 years following the recording of the deed of trust....

Wherever you may fall in the law school timeline, there is an event to add to your docket. It is the auspicious American Bar Association (ABA) meeting held annually for law practitioners and law students. And get ready to hail the nearest trolley, because the action starts this Thursday in San Francisco. What will you do when you get there? Fear not, here’s a guide to show you what’s hot....

“Captain Underpants” was a best-selling book series, but the underpants thing didn’t work out so well for an Iowa prosecutor. Benjamin Stansberry, 42, had his law license suspended for stealing a colleague’s underpants. He will be out of practice indefinitely, and cannot return to work unless he gets professional help. It was bad enough that he got caught in the act. Thank goodness they didn’t catch him with his pants down....

Enforcement of settlement agreement in plaintiff’s suit agianst former employer for disability discrimination and workers’ compensation claims. Steller v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., B219935, concnerned a challenge to the trial court’s interpretation of the parties’ settlement agreement as encompassing both plaintiff’s civil action for disability discrimination and a workers’ compensation action, in enforcing the settlement agreement, in plaintiff’s civil action for disability discrimination against her former employer. Related Link: Read the California Court of Appeals for the Fourth District’s Decision in Steller v....

Everyone knows that it’s hard for law graduates to get a job so they can pay off their thousands of dollars in debt. Doc review jobs help, but they don’t lead to anything permanent. Between the cost of living and paying off students loans, life can be difficult. So what’s a lawyer to do when faced with financial problems? Well, there’s always robbery. A Dallas lawyer is accused of robbing a lady in a church parking lot....

Leading off, a reminder of what you should be doing right now instead of screwing around on the internet: getting yourself named Illinois Young Lawyer of the Year, like this second-year at Winston & Strawn. There is public service work to be performed, people. Let’s get right on it.In case you weren’t clear on the concept, the NYT reminds you that Justice Antonin Scalia is always good for a colorful quote....

Legal issues are being created every time a new 3D object is printed. Like issues with copying movies in the past and cloning living things in the future, the challenge for lawyers is keeping up with technology and the applicable law. So far, 3D printing is ahead of the law, as the technology has been used to create rocket engines, guns, human tissue and even a bionic ear. We’re talking potential problems that cross virtually every border from international to federal to state laws....

In perhaps something just shy of an ingenious move, a local marijuana clinic in Lansing, Michigan, was offering an incentive to register for the upcoming city council election: you register, you get pot to vote. Of course, the clinic, called Your Healthy Choice Clinic, has now drawn the ire of the Attorney General’s office, reports the Chicago Tribune. Originally, the clinic was publicizing the deal on its website. Prospective voters would get half a gram of marijuana, or an edible marijuana product, reports the Chicago Tribune....

Do you really ever know who’s watching the kids? Parents of a young boy in Norwalk, CA, thought they did, but not quite. While babysitting for “friends,” 20 year-old Jeremy Gallegos allegedly went on a crime spree, including liquor store robbery, while holding his friends’ young child in his arms. The victim was not harmed. All’s well that ends well for the child and his family. But Detective Moore noted that although the boy is back with his parents, “they’re not happy....

An Ohio woman who allegedly stole $2.87 in change from a courthouse fountain pleaded not guilty to petty theft charges Wednesday. Deidre Romine is accused of stealing the coins from a fountain outside of the Logan County Courthouse, Columbus’ WBNS-TV reports. She says she intended to buy food with the change she’d scraped up. Is this sort of thing even a crime? Many people throw coins into fountains as a form of wishing, and in this case, Romine was fishing them out of the fountain in Bellefontaine, Ohio, because she wished she could eat....

May Day came a bit early for workers in the Golden State as the Supreme Court and the state government handed organized labor two major wins. In Washington, D.C., a deadlocked Supreme Court decision helped save public labor unions from a major challenge. In Sacramento, Governor Jerry Brown announced that he would raise the state’s minimum wage by 50 percent, to $15 an hour. Let’s take a look at these recent victories....

In a child custody dispute, trial court orders declaring plaintiff a presumed parent of the child and establishing a schedule for reunification is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supports the finding that the Family Code sec. 7611(d) parentage presumption applies, as the record shows that plaintiff actively participated in the child’s conception and cared for her following birth, the limited duration of her parenting of the child does not defeat plaintiff’s claim to presumed parent status, and plaintiff received the child into her home and openly held her out as her natural child; 2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding there is no basis to rebut the parentage presumption as substantial evidence supports the finding that the Elisa B....