Los Angeles Hosts First Seminar for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Companies

Skadden's Los Angeles office held a Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar on June 6 in Costa Mesa, Calif. The seminar featured a DOJ enforcement update by Washington, D.C. partners John Bentivoglio and Jennifer Bragg, a discussion on litigating FCA cases by Los Angeles partners Jack DiCanio and Matt Sloan, a review of securities litigation developments by Los Angeles partners Peter Morrison and Eric Waxman, and a discussion about activist shareholders by Los Angeles partners Rod Guerra and Brian McCarthy. After the presentations, Brian moderated a panel discussion with in-house counsel from Sequenom, Inc. and Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.