The Internet of Things: Ofcom call for input
Ofcom has issued a call for stakeholder input on the emerging Internet of Things. The Internet of Things describes the inter-connection of multiple “things”, be they devices or sensors, that are able...
View ArticleWhat to Know After the Latest Patent Ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed its earlier ruling on patent claims involving computers and software. In light of that decision, companies and inventors that have business methods...
View ArticleCalifornia Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action
Last week, the California Third District Court of Appeal dismissed what may have been the largest health data breach class action in history. Consistent with a trend of similar dismissals, the...
View ArticleFlorida Information Protection Act of 2014 - Florida Means Business When It...
On June 20, 2014, Governor Rick Scott signed into law the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014 ("FIPA"), which became effective July 1, 2014. FIPA expands the obligations of businesses and...
View ArticleNew FinCEN SAR Summary Report Discusses Bitcoin-Related Filings
On July 18, FinCEN published SAR Stats—formerly called By the Numbers—an annual compilation of numerical data gathered from the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by financial institutions using...
View ArticleFDA Accepts First Biosimilar Application under New Approval Pathway
July 24, 2014 was a landmark day in the biotechnology industry: Sandoz (the generic arm of Novartis) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or “the Agency”) had accepted the first...
View ArticlePrivacy Tuesday: July 2014 #4
The last Tuesday in July — the summer of 2014 is rapidly slipping away! Here are some privacy and security bits and bytes for this last week of July......By: Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security Matters
View ArticleAppellate Court Rules Medical Information Must Actually Have Been Viewed by...
The California Court of Appeal recently held that in order to recover under California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), Civ. Code §§ 56 et seq., a plaintiff must plead and prove...
View ArticleBank Agrees To Resolve TCPA Class Action Litigation
On July 14, a national bank, numerous related companies, and several of their third-party collection vendors agreed to pay $75 million to resolve class claims that the bank and other parties violated...
View ArticleLevick Monthly: Keystone XL: All Lobbied Up With No Place To Go - June 2014,...
In This Issue: - Keystone - XL: All Lobbied Up With No Place To Go - CRISIS - The 5 Apology rules that Sterling broke - DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT - Abramson Gets The Axe, But It's Sulzberger Who Lost His Head...
View ArticleSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmBH v. Glenmark Pharms. Inc. (Fed. Cir.)
Case Name: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmBH v. Glenmark Pharms Inc., 748 F.3d 1354 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 21, 2014) (Circuit Judges Newman, Linn and Wallach presiding; Opinion by Newman) (Appeal from D.N.J.,...
View ArticleHouse of Representatives Passes SAFETY Act Amendment
The U.S. House of Representatives took a major positive step towards increasing the nation’s cyber security posture today when, on a voice vote, it passed H.R. 3696, the “National Cybersecurity and...
View ArticleFDA Issues 510(k)/Substantial Equivalence Draft Guidance Describes...
On July 15, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Draft Guidance document titled Benefit-Risk Factors to Consider When Determining Substantial Equivalence in Premarket...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Abstract Ideas Implemented on Computer Not Patent-Eligible
On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in the case of Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International that patent claims for managing risk in financial transactions disclosed an...
View ArticleCapital Thinking: Health Care
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY - On Monday, July 28, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health will hold a markup to consider two bills: H.R. ____, a bill to require the Secretary of...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court’s Push For Clarity in Patent Cases
The Supreme Court had a busy term, particularly with regard to patent cases, and especially in an effort to provide much needed guidance to the divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit....
View ArticleNew – Agile Software Development Contract Template
The DLA Piper IPT team in Edinburgh has developed an innovative new contract template which they are piloting with selected clients. The template is an agile software development contract. Agile...
View ArticleHHS Issues Interpretive Rule Excluding Orphan Drugs from 340B Program...
On July 21, 2014, the Health Resources and Services Administration of HHS (HRSA) issued an interpretive rule interpreting Section 340B(e) of the Public Health Service Act as excluding from the 340B...
View ArticleOCR to Begin Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will soon begin a second phase of audits (Phase 2 Audits) of compliance with Health Insurance Portability and...
View ArticleIs Your Purchaser Accredited? Clarifications from the SEC
Under Rule 506(c), companies can now engage in a general solicitation in conducting private placements but if they do so, they must verify that each purchaser is accredited. The SEC has provided some...
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