Winning Legal Strategies for Life Sciences Settlements And Negotiations Leading Lawyers on Strategizing for Trial, Defending Product Liability, And Managing Licenses

Inside the Minds: Winning Legal Strategies for Life Sciences Settlements and Negotiations is an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for representing and advising companies on the most pressing legal issues surrounding the industry. Featuring partners and shareholders from some of the nation's leading firms, these experts guide the reader through the different phases of a case involving the life sciences industry and the key considerations for each phase. These top lawyers reveal their advice to companies on counseling clients on corporate and securities matters, identifying important legal and contractual provisions, and negotiating key factors in term sheets. From outlining step by step how to protect your company's IP to organizing and maintaining company licenses, these authors explain important factors in the development and commercialization of products and give their checklist items for the essential ?lessons learned? in order to be successful in the negotiation and settlement process. The different niches represented, and the breadth of perspectives presented, enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating an increasingly-enforced and rapidly-changing area of law. About Inside the Minds:Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nation-wide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter Chapters Include: 1. ?Keeping Business Goals First?, Tom Adolph, Partner, Jackson Walker LLP; 2. ?Success = Intuition + Experience + Counsel?, Diane J. Romza-Kutz, Managing Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC; Stephen R. Drake, Attorney at Law - Epstein Becker & Green PC; 3. ?Keys to Negotiation Success?, Jane K. Adams, Partner, Cooley Godward LLP; 4. ?Life Science Patenting, Planning, and Litigating?, David M. Beckwith, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery; 5. ?Developing a Winning Trial Strategy?, Darryl J. Adams, Managing Partner, Dewey Ballantine LLP; 6. ?Defending Product Liability Claims in the Life Sciences?, Peter J. Goss, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP; 7. ?A Glimpse at Our Current and Future States?, Walt Addison Linscott, Managing Partner and Chair, Life Sciences Practice Thompson Hine LLP; 8. ?Recognizing (and Avoiding) Traps for the Unwary?, Barry H. Boise, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP; 9. ?The Science of the Deal: Handling Transactions for Life Sciences Clients?, Eileen Smith Ewing, Esq., Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP. Appendices: 1. Appendix A: Exclusive License Agreement;2. Appendix B: Non-Exclusive Distribution Agreement;3. Appendix C: Supply Agreement;4. Appendix D: Escrow Agreement;5. Appendix E: License Agreement;6. Appendix F: License Agreement;7. Appendix G: Sample Definitions and Provisions;8. Appendix H: Settlement Agreement;9. Appendix I: Settlement Agreement and License;10. Appendix J: Memorandum of Law in Support of ZZZ, Inc.'s Amended Motion for Summary;11. Appendix K: Development and Commercialization Agreement.Aspatore Books Staff is the author of 'Winning Legal Strategies for Life Sciences Settlements And Negotiations Leading Lawyers on Strategizing for Trial, Defending Product Liability, And Managing Licenses', published 2006 under ISBN 9781596224001 and ISBN 1596224002.