This week I embark on a five-part podcast series sponsored by Hanzo. In this series we consider how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) in compliance investigations. In this series I am joined by several members of the Hanzo team as we explore...
Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. (“RDC”), one of the 10 largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States, was recently charged along with its former Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Compliance Officer, for unlawfully distributing...
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously held that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) alternative 10-year statute of limitations period in 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(2) applies to non-intervened actions. In addition, the Court rejected defendants’ argument that...
For someone starting out in a career, or in some other situation where credibility will be required, there is an expression: “Fake it until you make it.” In other words, if you act like you’ve got it, then people are going to believe that you’ve got...
In IPR2018-00272, the Board denied a motion to terminate brought by a Patent Owner who argued that a district court’s finding of indefiniteness required termination of the PTAB proceedings for U.S. Patent. 9,393,208....
In July 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") issued Huawei v. ZTE, a seminal decision detailing how holders of Standard Essential Patents ("SEPs") must license its SEPs on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms....
Restrictive covenants are “building schemes” that operate outside of – and in addition to – municipal zoning bylaws. The obligations associated with restrictive covenants “run with the land” and are binding on any future buyer of the property....
Privacy and the development of technology are competing interests that are sometimes in conflict. These considerations often present a challenging balancing exercise for technology companies developing innovative products as well as companies and...
A lot of the candidates I work with have never really, truly failed at anything. There’s a kind of person who becomes a lawyer – hello, fellow type As! But when you pair that with the competitive Bay Area legal market, to which associates with the...
On May 6, 2019, the Governor of Indiana signed House Bill 1136, which amends the Indiana Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Ind. Code §§ 24-4.5-1-101 et seq. ("IUCCC"). Among other things, HB 1136 revises the late charges permitted for consumer credit...
