28 Jun, 2024 ABA International Cartel Workshop: U.S. Enforcement Takeaways By Dan Oakes The 2024 ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshop in Barcelona, Spain just wrapped up after three days full of demonstrations around a...
28 Jun, 2024 The Floodgates Have Opened: Supreme Court Scuttles Chevron, Brings New Uncertainty to Regulated Industries By Chad Landmon Aaron Savit Ian Swan For forty years, Chevron has put a thumb on the scales in favor of the executive agencies whenever their decisions were challenged in...
28 Jun, 2024 In SEC v. Jarkesy, Supreme Court Leaves Open Constitutional Challenges Related to FTC Structure and Process By Craig Minerva Conner Dwinell In a much-watched case concerning the administrative state, on June 27, the Supreme Court decided in SEC v. Jarkesy that defendants...
26 Jun, 2024 More Skinny-Label Drama or Just Your "Run-Of-The-Mill" Induced Infringement Case? By Chad Landmon The Federal Circuit's recently issued decision in the Amarin/Hikma case continues the drama around skinny labeling for generic and...
24 Jun, 2024 Gambling with Alice? Look Out for These Abstract Idea Indicators By Don Wang Jeannine Sano As further guidance on how to determine whether a patent claim is directed to an ineligible abstract idea under the Alice Two-Step Test,...
20 Jun, 2024 Did the Supreme Court Just Make It Harder for the FTC to Block Mergers? By Russell Steinthal For most litigated mergers, the preliminary injunction hearing is decisive: if the FTC or DOJ obtains a preliminary injunction, parties...
20 Jun, 2024 Hospital Deal Collapses When Fourth Circuit Agrees to Injunction Pending Review of FTC Loss — Key Issue Left Unresolved By Rick Dagen The FTC lost its challenge to Novant's acquisition of two hospitals owned by Community Health Systems ("CHS") but obtained an injunction...
11 Jun, 2024 Court Orders Patents Delisted from Orange Book: Is FTC's Newly Aggressive Posture Having an Impact? By Ross Blau Chad Landmon Over the past year, FTC has placed two sets of Orange Book listings in its crosshairs, but, to date, FTC has not actually begun any...
06 Jun, 2024 Federal Circuit Revamps Obviousness Test for Design Patents By Ian Swan In its recent en banc decision issued in LQK v. GM Global, the Federal Circuit overruled the Rosen-Durling test for design patent...
03 Jun, 2024 Can an Enhanced India-U.S. Partnership Reduce Drug Supply Chain Issues? By Chad Landmon In an effort to enhance collaboration, the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) recently proposed that a more formal preferred...