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Barton LLP Featured as “Ones to Watch for 2016: The Best Boutique Law Firms” in Acquisition International Magazine. Click below to read the full article.

Operations Partner James E. Heavey, Esq. highlights why the mentorship of young financial advisors, as well as proper succession planning by advisors on the brink of retirement, are crucial factors to the prolonged health of the advisory industry.

In 2024, Barton LLP achieved favorable outcomes in two lawsuits brought by Novo Nordisk, the behemoth pharmaceutical company and maker of the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. We we were also able to keep another client from being sued by Eli Lilly, the maker of the competitor drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro. We are now representing another defendant in yet another Novo Nordisk lawsuit. The suits range from claims of false advertising to claims of counterfeit drugs. Novo Nordisk has launched a number of lawsuit campaigns against weight loss clinics and compounding pharmacies over the manufacture and prescription of compounded semaglutide. Semaglutide is the active ingredient and Ozempic and Wegovy and has been widely available from compounding pharmacies since the name brand drugs went on the drug shortage list in 2022. The shortage has not been resolved. Defending lawsuits involving pharmaceutical trademarks involves specialized knowledge of the FDA laws and regulations as well as trademark law. We have that knowledge. We also are quite familiar with Novo Nordisk and their litigation strategy. If you have a client who has been caught up in this latest wave of lawsuits over the use of the Ozempic and Wegovy trademarks or the sale or prescription of compounded semaglutide, please reach out. We are happy to share what we know. Over the next month I'll be talking a lot about pharmaceutical trademark law. Follow along. Novo Nordisk A/S et al v. Indian Lake Medical Weight Loss & Wellness Inc., No 3:2023cv00650 (M.D. Tenn 2024) Novo Nordisk Inc. v. DCA Pharmacy, No. 3:2023cv00668 (M.D. Tenn 2024)

Associates Thomas White and Eric Albrecht and Partner Charles Hughes break down a Delaware case that substantially raises the bar for fiduciary obligations of corporate officers and creates a very powerful remedy.

If you're an employer, there may be some changes coming to your state in 2025 related to pay transparency and paid leave laws. Check out the highlights below from Barton’s Labor & Employment Knowledge Management Group.

Partner Kenneth Rashbaum explains how phishing scammers are beginning to use AI-generated deepfakes in their schemes to commit financial fraud, and he details ways that financial institutions can help identify and prevent this type of illicit activity.

Partner Kenneth Rashbaum recently spoke at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) New York Regional Conference, hosted by Fordham University School of Law. Ken and fellow panelist Anna Mercado Clark spoke about topics such as the business imperatives of data privacy, cybersecurity standards, evolving statutory requirements for compliance, and adapting to new technologies like blockchain and AI.

Are you a retailer that ships products to countries in the European Union? If so, you may be required to comply with the EU's new General Product Safety Regulation. Partner Tara Aaron-Stelluto provides some timely guidance on this new regulation and who it applies to.

Thank you to the Association of Corporate Counsel's Mexico chapter and Rudy Rivera for having me as the panelist for their webinar on Commercial Litigation in the U.S. The event was tailored to in-house attorneys at Mexico-based and multinational companies that do business with the U.S. It was interesting to explore the differences in Mexico’s legal system (based on civil law) compared to the States’ system (based on common law). There are so many nuanced considerations in the U.S. litigation process, including jurisdiction and venue, discovery, interrogatories, motion practice, subpoenas, and the enforcement of foreign judgments.

A must-read for employers who use (or are considering using) artificial intelligence tools in their recruiting, hiring, and employee evaluation processes. Associate Molli Guinn and Nashville Managing Partner Leslie Sanders discuss the various legislation that creates an affirmative obligation for employers who use AI.