Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, since a warm and shiny sun is enveloping the unusually quiet Pharmalot campus. Our shortest person has successfully left for the local schoolhouse, while another is sleeping in, a habit developed, no doubt, by hanging out with the always-happy-to-snooze official mascots. As for us, we are wide awake, courtesy of several cups of stimulation. Our choice today is creme brulee, for those who track this sort of thing. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Hope your day goes well and you conquer the world. And of course, drop us a line if something interesting occurs. We are all ears …
A former Sanofi (SNY) director of press relations, Jean-Marc Podvin, was caught in 2013 sending texts to his assistant, saying she was “sexy,” and allegedly running internet searches at work with keywords such as “topless” and “adultery Paris,” according to rulings from a French employment tribunal and an appeals court last October, Bloomberg News reports. Paris courts have already twice thrown out his unfair dismissal lawsuit requesting about $1.5 million. Podvin did not respond to requests for comment; his lawyer says he is appealing.
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In the matter of Jean-Marc (formerly of SNY), our scribe says “his lawyer says he is appealing.” Apparently, one might observe, his assistant obviously disagrees (or ‘disagreed’) – or one might not. “Je ne sais quoi.”
Dear Observer,
Thank you for observing the pun, which was, well, apropos
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