Foley Hoag LLP

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David Walek has joined Foley Hoag LLP in Boston as a partner in the Business Department.

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Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 has ranked 26 Foley Hoag LLP lawyers across 12 practice categories, representing 28 percent of the firm’s partnership.

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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates Beacon Hospice on the June 7, 2011 closing of its sale to Amedisys Inc. for $125 million. Foley Hoag has previously served as outside counsel to Beacon Hospice for a number of years and represented Beacon Hospice in the transaction.

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Foley Hoag LLP represented Translational Therapeutics Inc. as it entered into a strategic licensing agreement with Clavis Pharma ASA of Norway regarding the development and commercialization of a thyroid cancer treatment.

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The law firm Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce that five lawyers will be promoted to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2011.  The group represents the firm’s strong foundation in corporate, litigation and intellectual property law.

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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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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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Best Lawyers in America®, a peer-review directory published annually by Woodward/White, recently released its 2010 guide including 27 lawyers from Foley Hoag LLP.

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In its annual directory, Chambers USA: The Client’s Guide, Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has again ranked Foley Hoag’s leading practice areas in Massachusetts.

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The Legal 500 2009 U.S. guide has recognized Foley Hoag’s M&A, Venture Capital and Antitrust groups as leading practices in the northeast.

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Lawyers from the Video Games and Interactive Media and M&A practices of Foley Hoag LLP congratulate our client, Maynard-based 38 Studios LLC, a game development company founded by former Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling, for its recent purchase of substantially all of the assets of Big Huge Games, Inc., a subsidiary of game publisher THQ Inc.

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Foley Hoag congratulates our client Benjamin Franklin Bancorp, Inc. on its recent sale to Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq: INDB), parent of Rockland, Massachusetts-based Rockland Trust Company

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Anticipating the rollout of the nearly $800 billion Stimulus Package making its way through Congress, several practices at Foley Hoag LLP have formed an interdisciplinary team to assist clients seeking advice on securing funding for capital projects and growth initiatives. Those practices include Energy Technology & Renewables, Environment, Government Strategies, Infrastructure & Privatization and Life Sciences practices.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has traveled to Washington recently, lobbying for federal funding for areas such as transportation and infrastructure, life sciences initiatives and clean technology/environmental initiatives. All areas are expected to be active in 2009 and will provide much of the region’s growth and activity.

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Cynthia Lewiton Jackson, former Global Director of Career Development at Bain & Company, has joined the law firm Foley Hoag LLP as its first Director of Professional Development. In this role, Ms. Jackson will be responsible for developing and implementing a firmwide career development program for its lawyers and staff.

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Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce four promotions to Partner, effective January 1.

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Today Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce the launch of three new blogs, designed and created as a forum to discuss pressing issues in today’s marketplace. The firm is pleased to present the Law and the Environment Blog, the Massachusetts Noncompete Law Blog, and the Emerging Enterprise Center Blog.

The blogs are primarily managed by three Foley Hoag partners, Seth Jaffe, Mike Rosen, and Dave Broadwin, respectively, and grown out of conversations addressing some of the most pressing issues of the day.

The blogs are available at:

• Emerging Enterprise Center Blog - http://www.emergingenterprisecenterblog.com
• Law and the Environment - http://www.lawandenvironment.com
• Massachusetts Noncompete Law - http://www.massachusettsnoncompetelaw.com 

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Stepping up on behalf of clients buffeted by the ongoing financial crisis, law firm Foley Hoag has formed an Economic Crisis Team, comprised of lawyers from multiple practices focused on helping companies cope with the fast-changing landscape – from internal investigations and enforcement proceedings, to increased regulatory compliance, securities and other types of litigation, bankruptcies and restructurings, as well as emergency financing and deal-making.

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The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign, released its 2008 Corporate Equality Index ranking Foley Hoag LLP among the nation’s top employers for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors.

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Working Mother magazine, a leading source of information for career-oriented mothers, and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm advising attorneys and legal employers on work/life balance, have included Foley Hoag LLP in the prestigious list of the 50 “Best Law Firms for Women.”