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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
13.           Commitments and Contingencies
 
Commitments
 
The Company has two operating leases for office and laboratory space located in Monmouth Junction, NJ through December 31,2014.  Future minimum rental payments under these two leases total approximately $1.4 million. We continue to lease office space in Richmond, VA where the Company's corporate headquarters were previously located through October 2016. Future minimum rental payments under this lease total approximately $1.9 million.  During 2011, we recorded a net present value charge of $1.2 million in general and administrative expenses associated with vacating the Richmond facility. The remaining accrual for this charge was $0.9 million as of December 31,2012.

Rent expense charged to operations was $1.0 million, $1.0 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31,2012,2011 and 2010, respectively. Future minimum rental payments required under the Company's operating leases are as follows (in thousands).
 
Year Ending December 31:
     2013
 $1,188
     2014
 1,201
     2015
 498
     2016
 425
Total
 $3,312
 
Legal Proceedings

Cacchillo v. Insmed
 
On October 6,2010, a complaint was filed against the Company by Angeline Cacchillo ("Plaintiff") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (the "Court"), captioned Cacchillo v. Insmed, Inc., No. 1:10-cv-0199, seeking monetary damages and a court order requiring Insmed to support Plaintiff's compassionate use application to the FDA and if approved, to provide Plaintiff with IPLEX.  Plaintiff was a participant in the phase II clinical trial of IPLEX sponsored by us evaluating the effectiveness of the investigational drug in patients with type 1 myotonic muscular dystrophy ("MMD").  In the complaint, Plaintiff alleged (i) violation of constitutional due process and equal protection by depriving Plaintiff of continued access to IPLEX, (ii) fraudulent inducement to enter the phase II clinical trial with the false promise to support Plaintiff's compassionate use application to the FDA, (iii) negligent representation that the Company would support Plaintiff's compassionate use application, (iv) breach of contract, seeking monetary and non-monetary damages, (v) intentional infliction of emotional distress by refusing to support Plaintiff's compassionate use application after providing IPLEX, (vi) violation of an assumed duty of care to Plaintiff, (vii) breach of fiduciary duty to Plaintiff, (viii) negligence and (ix) unjust enrichment.  Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive monetary damages and sought injunction relief as noted above.
 
On October 7,2010, Plaintiff filed a motion for a preliminary injunction that would require us to provide a written statement supporting the "compassionate use" of IPLEX for Plaintiff and directing us to provide IPLEX to Plaintiff at cost in the event that the compassionate use application were granted by the FDA.  On October 22,2010, the Court denied Plaintiff's motion for the preliminary injunction concluding that the Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction with respect to her claim for a preliminary injunction.  Plaintiff appealed the Court's denial of her motion for a preliminary injunction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which affirmed the trial court's order denying the Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.
 
We filed a motion with the Court to dismiss all of the outstanding claims, and on June 29,2011, the Court dismissed six of Plaintiff's claims, leaving outstanding the claims for (i) fraudulent inducement, (ii) negligent misrepresentation, and (iii) breach of contract.  The Company filed an answer and affirmative defenses with the Court on July 12,2011.  Plaintiff's claim for monetary damages with respect to these claims remains outstanding. The parties completed discovery on or about June 1,2012.  The Company filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on August 1,2012 seeking judgment in our favor on the three claims remaining in the case and the motion was fully submitted on October 9,2012. On January 19,2013, the Court granted the Company's Motion for Summary Judgment and dismissed all of the outstanding claims. The Plaintiff has until March 21,2013 to file a notice of appeal.

Pilkiewicz v. Transave LLC
 
On March 28,2011, Frank G. Pilkiewicz and other former stockholders of Transave (collectively, the "Petitioners") filed an appraisal action against the Company's subsidiary Transave, LLC in the Delaware Court of Chancery captioned Frank G. Pilkiewicz, et al. v. Transave, LLC , C.A. No. 6319-CS. On December 13,2011, following the mailing of the revised notice of appraisal rights in accordance with the settlement terms of Mackinson et al. v. Insmed , an Amended Petition for Appraisal of Stock was filed by the Petitioners.

The Petitioners seek appraisal under Delaware law of their total combined common stock holdings representing total dissenting shares of approximately 7.77 million shares of Transave, Inc. common stock (the "Transave Stock"). The Petitioners are challenging the value of the consideration that they would be entitled to receive for their Transave Stock under the terms of the merger.
 
Under the terms of the merger agreement, certain of the former stockholders of Transave (the "Transave Stockholders") are obligated to indemnify the Company for certain liabilities in connection with the appraisal action. The Company notified the Transave Stockholders in May 2012 that the Company is seeking indemnification in accordance with the merger agreement and that it will continue to retain the aggregate amount of the holdback shares totaling 1.76 million shares, as security for any indemnification payments due under the merger agreement.  Discovery is ongoing and the trial is scheduled to begin September 30,2013. The Company believes that the allegations contained in the amended petition are without merit and we intend to continue to vigorously defend this action.  It is not possible at this time to estimate the amount of loss or range of possible loss, if any, that might result from an adverse resolution of this action. 

From time to time, the Company is a party to various other lawsuits, claims and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business.  While the outcomes of these matters are uncertain, management does not expect that the ultimate costs to resolve these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.