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Labor & Employment June 2016 New York Proposes Additional Regulations Concerning How Employers Can Pay Employees By Carolyn D. Richmond, Glenn S. Grindlinger and Jason B. Jendrewski Employers may pay employees their wages in several different ways. For many employers, long gone are the days where they physically distribute paychecks to all of their employees at the end of the week....
CLIENT ALERT Biosimilars: If You Don’t Dance the Patent Dance, You Have to Wait Until the FDA Approves Your Moves Jul.23.2015 On July 21, the Federal Circuit issued a landmark ruling in Amgen, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. on the first biosimilar product approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enter the market. The three-judge panel granted a partial victory to Sandoz in...
CLIENT ALERT The Name Game – The FDA Issues Draft Guidance of Biologics Naming Aug.28.2015 Shakespeare wrote, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But Shakespeare certainly was not referring to the pharmaceutical marketplace, where drug product names play a critical role in healthcare delivery. Drug product names...
LITIGATION forecast 2015 third annual jurisdictional analysis in-depth look at IP litigation recovery and value-based billing WHAT CORPORATE COUNSEL NEED TO KNOW FOR THE COMING YEAR litigation Forecast 2015 4 Antitrust 18 Jurisdictional Analysis As government regulators continue their scrutiny, the most interesting area to watch may be “rule of reason” cases KEY TRENDS...
regulatORY forecast 2015 WHAT CORPORATE COUNSEL NEED TO KNOW FOR THE COMING YEAR State of Play: The Year of the regulator California: Bellwether state Regulation, Litigation: Action, Reaction regulatory Forecast 2015 FEATURES 4 The State of Play in 2015: The Year of the Regulator As the Obama administration takes federal power to new heights, companies brace for more compliance challenges. 12...
CLIENT ALERT European Trademark Reform Approved by European Parliament Dec.18.2015 On December 15, 2015, the European Parliament adopted a "package" of two documents relating to trademark reform: a Directive and a Regulation. (We have already covered the content of the reform package in "The European Trademark Reform: Key Changes Brand Owners Need to Know,"...
CLIENT ALERT Unified Patent Court: The Language Regime Jan.05.2016 Crowell & Moring's series of alerts provides practical information and professional comment on all the ramifications regarding the introduction of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). For further information, please see our UPC leaflet PDF or contact the lawyers listed near the bottom of each alert. To view other alerts in...
CLIENT ALERT German Data Protection Authority Fines Three Companies for U.S. Data Transfers Jun.08.2016 In a press release of June 6, 2016, the Data Protection Authority (DPA) of Hamburg announced that three fining decisions it has issued against companies unlawfully relying on the invalidated “U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework” (Safe Harbor) have become final. The Hamburg DPA...
Notable Crowell & Moring Deals in 2015 2015 Antitrust M&A Year in Review AT&T’s $67 Billion Acquisition of DIRECTV C&M was lead antitrust counsel for AT&T in this transaction which created a more competitive video/broadband provider. DOJ cleared with no conditions. 2015 was a record-breaking year for global merger activity, with the highest...
CLIENT ALERT Supreme Court Appears Poised to Topple 'Rigid' Willful Infringement Test Feb.25.2016 The U.S. Supreme Court held argument yesterday on whether enhanced damages should be easier to obtain in patent infringement cases. Based on the tenor of the questioning, the Supreme Court appears ready to topple the Federal Circuit's "rigid" two-part willful...
CLIENT ALERT It's Official: Patent Agents May Confer Privilege! Mar.08.2016 Communications with patent agents are now legally privileged, at least to a certain extent, based on the March 7, 2016 decision of the Federal Circuit in In re Queen’s University at Kingston, Parteq Research and Development Innovations, No. 2015-145. (Slip Op.). The existence of a “patent agent...
CLIENT ALERT Congress Could Take Steps Toward Patent Venue Reform Mar.24.2016 For more than a decade now the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has played an outsized role in U.S. patent litigation. Driven by local rules perceived as favorable to patent holders, faster times to trial, and a jury pool that tends to favors property rights, the rise of the Eastern District has...
CLIENT ALERT Trade Dress Protection for the Layout of a Medical Report? Maybe! Apr.08.2016 On April 4, 2016, in Millennium Laboratories v. Ameritox, Ltd. (Case No. 13-56577), the Ninth Circuit held that the graphical layout of a medical test report may be eligible for trade dress protection under the Lanham Act, reversing a decision out of the Southern District of California. Millennium sued...
CLIENT ALERT The Federal Circuit Does Not Limit Venue in Patent Cases. Next Stop: Congress? May.05.2016 The Federal Circuit has vigorously and unanimously denied TC Heartland LLC’s petition for a writ of mandamus asking that Court to restrict the current venue rules that permit a plaintiff to file a patent suit in any judicial district where a defendant has allegedly infringing sales....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Crowell & Moring Partners Named ‘Rising Stars’ by Law360 Washington, D.C. – May 16, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that two partners have been selected as “Rising Stars” by Law360: Gerald F. Murphy in the transportation category and Brian Tully McLaughlin in the government...
