Foley Hoag LLP

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Foley Hoag’s Intellectual Property Group is pleased to welcome Rajesh (Raj) Vallabh, a senior intellectual property lawyer with significant expertise in the electrical and mechanical engineering areas.

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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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Bolstering a team of experienced life sciences specialists in the Government Strategies practice, law firm Foley Hoag LLP announced the arrival of Susie Ahn, former Director of Federal Government Relations for the Washington, DC-based Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).

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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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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates our client Advanced Electron Beams, a Wilmington, Massachusetts company which enables the green factory of the future for today by making sustainability possible and profitable for manufacturers, for closing its venture capital investment from GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE).

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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.”

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Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited and its affiliates (GBT), the largest lysine producer in China and the largest vertically integrated corn-based biochemical manufacturer in Asia, has prevailed after an evidentiary hearing before the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) in a patent infringement investigation brought by Ajinomoto Heartland LLC and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Ajinomoto). In today’s ruling, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) held that the claims of Ajinomoto’s two patents were invalid for failure to disclose the best mode of practicing the invention, thus finding no violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The ALJ also ruled that both patents were unenforceable because Ajinomoto had committed inequitable conduct. The law firms Foley Hoag LLP, Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP and East Associates represent GBT in the investigation.

Li Weigang, Assistant General Manager of Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited, said, “We are pleased that the ALJ has determined that there was no violation of Section 337. Today’s ruling maintains continued competition in the marketplace, which will benefit American consumers during this time of rising food prices.”

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The American Lawyer named Foley Hoag LLP to its annual “A-List” of the country’s 50 elite law firms that are "best at balancing a thriving business with their obligations to the profession." Inclusion in the A-List is based not only on economic success but also on success in furthering diversity, pro bono work, and associate satisfaction.

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Foley Hoag congratulates OwnerIQ for recently securing $6 million in its Series B financing.  The round was led by Boston-based Egan-Managed Capital and also included existing investors including Atlas Ventures of Waltham, CommonAngels of Lexington and the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation.

The company received $2 million in Series A funding in June 2007.  Boston-based OwnerIQ develops Web sites that bring together product support information for various consumer products.  Foley Hoag partners Arlene Bender, Peter Rosenblum and associate Kevin Nolan handled the transaction.

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Foley Hoag LLP released a snapshot of key legal, business, and regulatory issues facing the life sciences industry at the BIO 2008 conference in San Diego.  Partners serving a variety of areas, from patent prosecution and strategy to corporate/finance, FDA/regulatory and litigation offer emerging and established companies in the life sciences industry with a roadmap of how to navigate some of the pressing issues facing this highly competitive sector.

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Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has again included Foley Hoag and its individual lawyers in its popular Chambers USA: The Client’s Guide. In the 2008 guide, Foley Hoag is represented in the areas of Antitrust, Banking & Finance (Corporate & Regulatory and Massachusetts), Bankrupcty/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Environment, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation and Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital.

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In its recently-launched 2008 U.S. guide, Legal 500 has recognized Foley Hoag’s M&A practice in the areas of Venture Capital/Emerging Companies and also as a top general M&A firm in the northeast. Partners Arlene Bender, Bill Kolb, Nicola Lemay and Peter Rosenblum are cited for particular strengths in their practices including IT, life sciences, and renewable energy.

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Foley Hoag LLP’s Life Sciences practice recently launched its second Terms and Trends in Patent Licensing Agreements survey for 2008. As a service to the life sciences industry, the survey will again explore the forces, dynamics, and trends driving licensing deals between academic and private research institutions and the companies seeking to commercialize their discoveries.

Pending response rates, the survey results will be initially announced at BIO 2008 in San Diego, with a formal close of the survey to be announced at a later date. To complete the survey click here, contact Natalie Shaw at 617-832-7102 or visit Foley Hoag at BIO 2008, booth 3213.

Foley Hoag’s Life Sciences Practice provides a full range of services including patent litigation, prosecution and strategy; corporate finance and securities; mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances; FDA and reimbursement; government strategies; venture capital and emerging companies, and product liability and complex tort.

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Multicultural Law addresses diversity in the legal profession by encompassing power, leadership, and integrity. Multicultural Law is a breath of fresh air for the legal community. Our readers are accomplished lawyers in need of advice, information, and motivation that Multicultural Law provides.

Multicultural Law is in its third year and has a circulation of over 40,000 professionals in the legal community. Distribution includes a variety of legal organizations, such as the National Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the National Hispanic Bar Association. Multicultural Law is mailed to every fortune 500 and 1000 General Counsel Office and ABA Accredited Law School Career Office.

An alphabetical listing of The Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity is available at www.multiculturallaw.com.

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Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce that Bruce Quinn, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, formerly the Contractor Medical Director for the California Medicare Part B program, has joined the firm’s Government Strategies practice. Dr. Quinn joins the practice as Senior Health Policy Specialist, where he will focus on Medicare coverage and payment matters for new technologies.

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Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce three lawyers were recently promoted to Partner.

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Two Foley Hoag lawyers, Paul Reichler and Paul Kim, were recently lauded by Washingtonian magazine in their annual “Best Of” issue. The article cites the top 1% of lawyers in the Washington, D.C. areas in 28 specialties. Paul Reichler was noted for international work and Paul Kim for his FDA experience.

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Two Foley Hoag lawyers were recently ranked by Chambers Global 2008 as noted practitioners in the areas of Private Equity: Buyouts and Venture Capital and Public International Law.

Peter Rosenblum was noted in the Private Equity: Buyouts and Venture Capital section for his practice in early-stage investment advice but was also noted as a “player in the buyout arena.” For additional editorial commentary, click here.

Paul Reichler appears in the Public International Law category, noted for his representation of sovereign states before the International Court of Justice. For more information, click here.

Covering more than 160 countries, Chambers Global ranks the leading law firms and lawyers worldwide. Researchers conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and clients. The qualities on which rankings are based include legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, and commitment to the client. The rankings and commentary are independent and objective and inclusion in the guide is based solely on research.

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Dataupia Corporation, a Cambridge-based data warehouse appliance provider, recently announced the completion of a Series B financing, securing $16 million. The round was led by Fairhaven Capital Partners of Boston and Foley Hoag served as the legal adviser to the company.

The new funding will be used for future product enhancements and to expand support services. Dataupia Corporation, founded by well-known technology entrepreneur Foster Hinshaw, provides a new class of data warehouse appliance that unlocks the power of data for a broad range of users across the enterprise.

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Foley Hoag client Expansion Capital Partners, LLC, recently announced the final closing for the firm’s Clean Technology Fund II, LP with more than $100,000,000.

Founded in early 2002, Expansion Capital was the first fund focused exclusively on expansion-stage, CleanTech equity investments. Clean Technology Fund II is backed by the founding families of a dozen Fortune 1000 companies, numerous family foundations, several corporate strategic investors and leading financial institutions.

About Expansion Capital Partners, LLC

Founded in 2002, Expansion Capital Partners, LLC, invests venture capital into the equity of expansion-stage, Clean Technology enterprises. The firm targets companies that offer dramatic improvements in resource efficiency and productivity, while creating more economic value with less energy and materials, or less waste and toxicity. The fund invests across the CleanTech sector including innovations in energy, advanced materials, water and waste water, manufacturing and transportation. Expansion Capital has offices in San Francisco and New York. For more information visit www.expansioncapital.com.