Foley Hoag LLP

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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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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates Dean Richlin, Partner and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department, for becoming a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America.

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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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As a law student looking to start your career, take a few moments to check out our network and learn more about us. We promise not to make too many claims, or repeat the buzzwords you'll see on every other law firm Web site. When you visit with us, whether here or in person at your school, you will hear the passion in the voices of our people and see what it feels like to walk down our hallways as a member of our Summer Program. We look forward to the dialogue.

Visit foleyhoag.com/summer now.

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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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Foley Hoag LLP secured a critical victory for the government of Bolivia when a federal judge held that foreign investors in a recently nationalized company had improperly attached the company’s U.S. assets, and issued an order dissolving the attachment. The decision could have major implications in other state-investor disputes in Latin America and elsewhere tied to nationalization of corporate assets.

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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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Foley Hoag LLP announced that international investment and trade lawyer and arbitrator Mélida N. Hodgson has joined the Washington, D.C. office as counsel, adding to the firm’s international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice. Ms. Hodgson was formerly counsel in the Washington, D.C office of Miller & Chevalier Chartered.

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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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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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The Honorable Sandra Lynch, a former partner and chair of the Litigation Department at Foley Hoag, will become the first female chief judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

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In an unprecedented case in which a pair of Venezuelan mining companies sought more than $200 million from the Venezuelan government in compensation for giving up their concessions to a dam project, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York has dismissed the plaintiffs’ suit, citing lack of jurisdiction – as well as evidence that an apparent agreement between the parties to transfer jurisdiction to the United States was fraudulent.

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Foley Hoag's International Practice is profiled by Washington, D.C. business, legal and technology online publication, Bisnow on Business.  Paul Reichler was featured for his work on cases currently before the International Court of Justice.

The article is available here.

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The Republic of Ecuador has filed suit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, against the government of Colombia, in an effort to stop or restrict aerial anti-coca spraying that has allegedly sickened people on the Ecuadorean side of the border and harmed livestock, farmland, and sensitive, ecologically diverse jungle areas.

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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 partner Michael B. Keating presided over yesterday’s symposium entitled “Striving for Excellence in Judicial Administration” sponsored by the Court Management Advisory Board to commemorate the publication five years ago of a report by the Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts, chaired by Father F. Donald Monan.

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Foley Hoag lawyers successfully represented the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in obtaining the dismissal of a claim brought by the Dutch company I & I Beheer B.V. in an international arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an arm of the World Bank. Foley Hoag attorneys have recently obtained victories as well for Guyana, Ecuador, Chile, and Nicaragua in international arbitrations.

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Lawyers at Foley Hoag LLP worked with Jane Doe Inc. and the Domestic Violence Council on an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff in Caplan v. Donovan. Today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, concluding that a Massachusetts court may issue a domestic abuse prevention order against someone who lives outside of the state.

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

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The original version of this release is available here: http://www.crameronline.com/news/10302007.html

Cramer, a digital marketing and event solutions agency, announced today that the company has completed the reintroduction of Foley Hoag’s web site, www.foleyhoag.com. The new site supplements Foley Hoag’s recently launched identity and advertising campaign, featuring the tagline “Driving Business Advantage.” The cross-media campaign expands the firm’s brand by highlighting Foley Hoag’s expertise in a number of key legal practice areas including dispute resolution and intellectual property, as well as depth in the life sciences and technology industries.