Litigation Partner Bryce Friedman will speak at HB Litigation Conference’s “Food, Drug and Medical Device Litigation Forum” on April 24, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Friedman will speak on a panel entitled “Hypothetical Ethics Exercise: Preserving Privilege in a Food, Drug or Medical Device Case,” which will address preserving attorney client privilege in the context of insurance coverage & Model Rule 1.6, sharing information, and privilege analysis with multiple defendants and insureds ...
Simpson Thacher represented Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. (“Vanguard”) in connection with the private placement offering, including registration rights for investors, of $375.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Notes due 2019 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Vanguard Health Holding Company II, LLC (“VHS Holdco II”) and Vanguard Holding Company II, Inc. (together with VHS Holdco II, the “Issuers”), conducted in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes were iss...
The Hon. Richard J. Holwell, the Southern District of New York judge who recently presided over the insider trading trial of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, has announced his departure from the federal judiciary to open a boutique litigation firm alongside two prominent New York-based trial lawyers.
