Gilead opens trial over $20 billion drug
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. went to trial Monday in San Jose over the IP rights to Gilead’s $20 billion hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir. Lawyers for each company lauded the other’s…
US Jury awards $10.5M for woman ‘Buried Alive’ in crash
By Max Mitchell, From The Legal Intelligencer A Philadelphia jury has awarded $10.5 million to the family of a mother of two who was “buried alive” during a collision with a dump truck carrying thousands of pounds of sand. The jury…
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Cayman Islands “Lady Rabia” tells how she is going blind
BY MIKE LOCKLEY From Birmingham Mail Children’s author to climb mountain in aid of charity for visually impaired. Popular children’s author Rabia Abdul-Hakim, who writes under the pen-name Lady Rabia, is going blind. She can no longer recognise her own…
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Citrix: Taking “Remote Access” to a New Level From Tax Justice Blog The Citrix Corporation is a widely known provider of remote-access software, which allows employees to use “remote login” technogy to access a centrally located computer from their home…
Health City completes first ever TAVI procedure in the Caribbean
The first ever Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) undertaken in the English-speaking Caribbean region has been completed at leading tertiary care hospital, Health City Cayman Islands. The complex cardiac procedure was performed on local Cayman Islands patient, Dianna Merren, in…
Cayman Islands Brokers Assoc. re-elects 1st female president
The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) has re-elected Jeanette Totten, who was also the first woman President to serve CIREBA from 2011-2014. Jeanette started her own boutique-style real estate company, Cayman Luxury Property Group with her husband in…
Cayman Islands: New Property Attorney Joins HSM
HSM welcomes new attorney Harriet Waterhouse, who was recently admitted to the Cayman Islands Bar on 23rd February, 2016. After graduating with first class honours in Law and Mathematics and being admitted as a solicitor in 2011 in the UK,…
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Immigration and trade in politics – Part One
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Trade has become an issue in the political party primaries of the US presidential elections that holds lessons for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I note first that, as far…
Grenada resort seeks injunction to prevent government seizure
From Caribbean News Now ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — On Friday, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court will hear an application by MRI Ltd, the management company of The Grenadian by Rex Resorts, for judicial review and an interim injunction preventing…
Caribbean-Americans votes more important than ever in Florida Primaries
From Caribbean National Weekly Florida voters head to the polls on March 15 The presidential primary race gets more competitive than ever as it heads to Florida for March 15. The fierce competiveness of this year’s campaign on both sides…
