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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates its client 38 Studios on the cinematic debut of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, an epic, open-world role-playing game set in Amalur, a mysterious and magical new fantasy world created by New York Times best-selling author R. A. Salvatore.

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The law firm Foley Hoag LLP announced two strategic hires to its well-known Government Strategies practice, adding Connie Garner, Policy Director for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and Stacey Sachs, Health Committee Counsel from the Senate HELP Committee  Connie and Stacey have combined three decades of experience working in Congress and the Executive Branch on health care, education and disability policy and both served on the HELP Committee under two committee chairs, the late Senator Edward Kennedy and current Chairman Tom Harkin.

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Lawyers at Foley Hoag LLP in conjunction with GLAD and co-counsel from two law firms today secured a win in the first concerted, multi-plaintiff challenge to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional with respect to claims brought by seven married same-sex couples and three widowers from Massachusetts. Under the ruling, the plaintiffs are entitled to the same federal spousal benefits and protections as every other married couple.

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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) recently issued a report, From Rome to Kampala: The U.S. Approach to the 2010 International Criminal Court Review Conference, exploring the role of the international court and the U.S. policy toward it.  Gare Smith, Foley Hoag partner and Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility practice, was one of several distinguished members of the report’s advisory committee.

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The law firm Foley Hoag LLP announced a new arrival in the life sciences practice, Eileen Smith Ewing, a prominent life sciences lawyer specializing in licensing and strategic alliances.  Ms. Ewing joins as a partner and will co-chair the Life Sciences Practice.

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At its annual awards ceremony on June 21, 2010, Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) recognized Foley Hoag LLP for the firm’s contributions to the GBLS Associates Fund Drive.  The Fund Drive supports the efforts of the Family Law Unit of GBLS, which provides free legal services to victims of domestic violence. Out of fifty participating Boston Firms, Foley Hoag provided the largest total donation to the drive, the seventh consecutive year that the firm has reached this milestone.

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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates its client Predictive Biosciences, Inc. on the closing of a $25 million Series C preferred stock financing.

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Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas retain a number of top rankings in Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has ranked Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas in its 2010 guide.  A total of 26 lawyers are ranked in the following practice areas for Massachusetts:  Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankrupcty/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Environment, Health Care, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment.  The International Arbitration practice is ranked nationally.

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Law firm Foley Hoag LLP has gone live with its sixth blog written by firm lawyers, addressing trademark and copyright issues. The Trademark & Copyright Law Blog presents news and perspectives on trends and developments in trademarks, copyrights, domain disputes, unfair competition, legislation, and other intellectual property issues.

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In a much-awaited ruling on a cross-border environmental dispute, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled overwhelmingly in Uruguay’s favor in a case brought by neighboring Argentina, which had attempted to force the closing and dismantling of a paper pulp mill on the Uruguay River, whose course forms part of the border between the two nations.

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Eight lawyers from Foley Hoag’s Government Strategies practice have launched the Healthcare Law and Policy Blog, a timely resource focusing on regulatory issues, Medicare coverage and reimbursement, healthcare compliance and investigations, legislative representation, physician practice issues and health information, privacy and security in the healthcare and life sciences industries.

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Michael K. Wyatt, a noted Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) lawyer and former General Counsel of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) joined Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in its Washington office this week.  Immediately prior to joining Foley Hoag, Mr. Wyatt was a partner at Hogan & Hartson.

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Foley Hoag’s client Global Bio-Chem Technology (GBT) secured an important victory yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the patent litigation matter on appeal from the International Trade Commission (ITC).

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Foley Hoag congratulates Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. for its recent transaction with Epocal, Inc., an Ottawa-based developer of diagnostic products. Epocal is commercializing a cost-effective blood analysis platform, epoc®, a point-of-care analysis system providing wireless bedside blood gas and electrolyte measurement testing solutions.  Inverness will promote the use of the epoc® platform through its global sales force for a five-year period.  The deal was announced on January 5, 2010.

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Foley Hoag LLP, the  225-lawyer firm based in Boston and Washington, D.C., has announced the appointment of William Kolb, 48, and Adam Kahn, 45, as Co-Managing Partners effective January 1, 2010.  Mr. Kolb and Mr. Kahn, who have a combined total of 40 years of experience at Foley Hoag, both currently serve on the firm’s Executive Committee.

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Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce three promotions to Partner, Euripides D. Dalmanieras, Essence McGill Arzu, and Robert E. Toone.  The promotions became effective January 1.

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Two Foley Hoag lawyers, partner Seth D. Jaffe and associate Rebecca L. Puskas, received the annual Public Affairs Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) yesterday at NAIOP’s Annual Meeting.

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Foley Hoag LLP has launched an updated version of www.emergingenterprisecenter.com, its Web site designed to serve the Emerging Enterprise Center (EEC), the destination opened in Waltham in 2006.

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Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession, has named Seth D. Jaffe of Foley Hoag LLP as the “Boston Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year” for 2010.