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Healthcare

Health IT Market Trends

Editor: Tell us a little bit about Choate’s Healthcare IT practice.  Savage: Choate’s Healthcare IT practice is interdisciplinary and draws on our firm’s collective experience in managing healthcare regulatory, licensing, financing, and M&A transactions for clients in...

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Intellectual Property

Trends In Trade Secret Litigation

Editor: Tell us a little bit about Choate’s trade secret practice. Bunis: Most trade secret disputes arise from an employee taking trade secrets from a former employer or a joint technology venture gone awry.  These situations require the immediate attention of lawyers who understand...

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Trends In White Collar Defense Practice:Stepped-Up Government Enforcement Efforts In The Pharma And Medical Device Industries

Editor: There is a lot happening right now in the area of government enforcement and white collar criminal defense. Tell us about your practice and the type of trends you are seeing? Tearney: My practice is currently focused primarily on the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. I...

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Turning The Tables On E-Discovery: How Innovation Can Transform Challenges Into Opportunities

Editor: What are some of the biggest challenges around e-discovery in litigation? Davis: The digital era caught the U.S. legal system somewhat unawares and has simultaneously created a wave of new problems and opportunities. While centralized servers, e-mail and mobile devices make day-to-...

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Diversity At The Bar: The Boston Bar Association Builds For The Future

Editor: Mr. Cinquegrana, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Cinquegrana: It has been thirty years since I became a lawyer. I went to Boston College Law School and went on to clerk for Judge Ray Pettine of the Federal District Court in Rhode Island. Following...

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New England And Boston - Courts Massachusetts' Superior Court Circuit System: A Need For Reform

Editor: Would you provide our readers with an overview of the Superior Court system in Massachusetts? And the rotation system it uses? Frank:The Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction in Massachusetts.Above it is the Appeals Court, and above that is the Supreme Judicial Court....

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