UMB Bank, N.A. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

  1. September 30, 2024

    Bristol-Myers Beats Celgene Investors' Drug Delay Suit

    A New York federal judge on Monday tossed UMB Bank's claims that Bristol-Myers Squibb improperly delayed U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a cancer treatment to avoid paying shareholders $6.4 billion owed from a 2019 acquisition of Celgene Corp., saying the bank lacked standing to sue.

  2. June 24, 2022

    Bristol-Myers Can't Dodge Celgene Investors' Drug Delay Suit

    UMB Bank can pursue its claims that Bristol-Myers Squibb improperly delayed U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a cancer treatment to avoid paying $6.4 billion owed from a 2019 acquisition of Celgene Corp., because the bank "has the better reading" of the contract, a New York federal judge has ruled.