Are You Ready For the Canadian Spam Legislation?
The majority of the Canadian Spam Legislation (CASL) comes into force today—July 1, 2014. This includes Section 6, which relates to the sending of commercial electronic messages (CEMs). Starting today,...
View ArticleBegin Preparing for Pennsylvania’s Enforcement of Act 122
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (“DOH”) Bureau of Laboratories (“Bureau”) recently announced that it will begin to phase-in enforcement of Act 122, which amended the Pennsylvania Clinical...
View ArticleAmerican Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.
American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc. - U.S. Supreme Court, June 25, 2014: U.S. Supreme Court holds that Aereo’s near-contemporaneous transmission of broadcast television programs over Internet to...
View ArticleKaren Millen Court of Justice of the European Union Decision
On 19 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered a judgment in the ongoing seven-year legal battle between Karen Millen Fashions and Dunnes Stores in Ireland. Background -...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Looks for a Different Kind of Unexpected Results in BMS v. Teva
In Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding that BMS’s Baraclude® patent is invalid as obvious. In so doing, the court gave...
View ArticleInsurance Recovery Law - July 2014
Second Circuit: Insurer Must Defend Where Factual Allegations Create a Possibility of Coverage - Why it matters: In a recent pro-policyholder decision, the Second Circuit, applying New York law,...
View ArticleProposed Changes to Nutrition Facts Panels Discussed at FDA Public Meeting
On Thursday, June 26, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting in Washington, D.C. to discuss the two proposed rule changes to the Nutrition Facts panels seen on most...
View ArticleFlorida Strengthens Data Breach Law
On June 20, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed SB 1524, which significantly revises and strengthens the state’s data breach notice law, making it among the toughest in the country. The bill shortens...
View ArticleFDA Releases Compounding Policy Documents
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released five policy documents regarding compounded human drug products in connection with its continued implementation of the compounding provisions of...
View ArticleDoing Business in Canada: Intellectual Property Protection
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION - Effectively protecting a business’s intellectual property rights has become an increasingly important element of safeguarding the success of many businesses nowadays....
View ArticleTrademark License Not Subject To Rejection In Bankruptcy In Certain...
Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365, a debtor or bankruptcy trustee has the option, subject to court approval, of electing one of the following three alternatives with respect to an executory contract: (a)...
View ArticleGAO Issues Report Concerning Emerging Challenges Posed by Virtual Currencies
The Government Accountability Office (the “GAO”) issued a report concerning virtual currencies (the “Report”) to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The Report...
View ArticleArticle 29 Working Party Defends BCR-P to European Institutions
On 12 June 2014, in a letter from the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party to the President of the European Parliament, the Working Party has defended, and urged the EU institutions to discuss,...
View ArticleNew OpenSSL Bug is More Heartburn than Heartbleed
Only three months after uncovering the Heartbleed bug, two new data security threats were discovered in the same OpenSSL software package used to encrypt the majority of web communications. Although...
View ArticleCarolla Going after the Patent Trolls
Adam Carolla continues his battle against the patent troll, Personal Audio, LLC. So far, Carolla has spent more than $450,000 in attorney fees. The result? There has been enough discovery for Carolla...
View ArticleProposed CFPB Rule Would Allow Online Posting of GLBA Privacy Notices
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) requires financial institutions to provide customers with initial and annual notices of their privacy policies, including whether they share consumers’ non-public...
View ArticleFlorida’s Strict New Data Breach Notification Law Takes Effect
The new law sets up one of the most robust data protection regimes in the United States and is relevant to any business that collects personal information nationwide....By: Morgan Lewis
View ArticleThe PTAB Was Right the First Time
EMC Corp. v. PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC - In a final written decision in an inter partes review (IPR), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determined that under the broadest reasonable...
View ArticleOil and Gas Industry Forms Information Sharing Group to Combat Cyber Threats
In response to the growing threat from cyber-attacks, the oil and gas industry has announced the formation of an information sharing clearinghouse. The new group, known as the Oil and Natural Gas...
View ArticleStart-Up Tech Company Will Not Change the Future of Television
On June 25, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in a highly controversial tech case involving cable broadcasters. With cable pricing increasing astronomically over the years,...
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