FTC Targets Reporting of Licensing of Pharmaceutical Patents With Special...
On November 15, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted special rules for determining whether “exclusive” licenses of pharmaceutical patents are required to be reported to the FTC and the...
View ArticleNew York Department of Financial Services Issues Public Order to Invite...
On March 11, the New York Department of Financial Services (the DFS) issued a public order stating that it will begin considering proposals and applications to establish virtual currency exchanges...
View ArticleMedical Research Fraud And HHS's Office Of Research Integrity: Watching The...
Even for those who carefully follow legal developments in the health care fraud arena, the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Research Integrity (“ORI”) is an agency that rarely appears...
View ArticleDear Mr. Snowden: Is it reasonable to expect my attorney-client...
Last month, Edward Snowden provided the press a document describing “how Australian intelligence conducted surveillance of trade talks between Indonesia and the United States and, in the process,...
View ArticleDo Windows XP Users Risk HIPAA Non-Compliance?
Microsoft recently announced that, after April 8, 2014, it will not longer provide security updates or technical support for Windows XP. Microsoft’s statement that “businesses that are governed by...
View ArticleWarning – California proposes major changes for Proposition 65 warnings: take...
The California agency that implements Proposition 65 – perhaps the nation’s highest-profile consumer product toxics law – has proposed far-reaching changes to the now-familiar warnings required under...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things Part 1: Brave New World
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of everyday physical objects which surround us and that are increasingly being embedded with technology to enable those objects to collect and transmit data...
View ArticlePanel on Multidistrict Litigation Consolidates Myriad Cases in Utah District...
The old adage "Be careful what you wish for" comes to mind regarding Myriad Genetics' motion to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, that cases relating to the...
View ArticleCrowd-Sourced Review Website May Incur Lanham Act Liability For Selectively...
Today’s consumers depend on “crowd-sourced” review websites like Angie’s List and Yelp, which permit users to post and read reviews of goods and services. Businesses feel a corresponding pressure to...
View ArticleAdvertising Law
FTC Settles With ADT Over Deceptive Endorsements - Don’t believe everything you see on TV or read on the Internet – at least not from ADT Security Systems. According to an administrative complaint...
View ArticleNo Harm, Still Foul? Florida Court Approves Data-Breach Class Action Settlement
Data-breach class action suits may have just gained significant traction. On Feb. 28, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida approved a first of its kind class action data...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things Part 2: The Old Problem Squared
Cisco estimates that some 25 billion devices will be connected in the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2015, and 50 billion by 2020. Analyst firm IDC makes an even bolder prediction: 212 billion connected...
View ArticleNew York DFS Seeking Virtual Currency Exchange Applications
On March 11, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an order calling for “proposals and applications in connection with the establishment of virtual currency exchanges located...
View ArticleOrrick's Derivatives in Review - March 2014
Publication of 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions - On February 21, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. announced the publication of the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives...
View ArticlePredictive Coding Semantics: Step out of the Rain!
A few years ago, we wrote about predictive coding going mainstream; shortly thereafter we wrote a series debunking the most common myths about predictive coding; then, we even went so far as to break...
View ArticleMarch 20, 2014 Patent Filings
New Filings - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd filed IPR 2014-00514 challenging U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580, assigned to Rembrandt Wireless Technologies, LP....By: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
View ArticleAppeals Court Liberally Interprets Credit Repair Statute
Recently the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in the appeal of Stout v. FreeScore, LLC concerning the scope of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (“CROA”). The result is not good for...
View ArticleDistrict Court Strikes Overly Broad TCPA Class Definition: the Claim of a...
In Buonomo v. Optimum Outcomes, Inc., No. 13-cv-5274 (N.D. Ill. March 17, 2014), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a partial motion to strike class action...
View ArticleHong Kong Considers Significant Changes to Parody Under Copyright Law
In July 2013, the Hong Kong Government commenced a three-month public consultation on three options to deal with parody under Hong Kong copyright law. One of the options was the introduction of a fair...
View ArticleFood Litigation Newsletter - March 2014 (2)
In This Issue: - Recent Significant Developments and Rulings ..Court Rejects ‘Grossly Excessive’ Attorneys’ Fee Claim in Dismissed Case ..Voluntary Dismissal in Bumble Bee Class Action - New Filings -...
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