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Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Statements in Patent Dance Letters and Sunovion in Amgen v Apotex

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

As we previously reported, on November 14, 2017, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Southern District of Florida’s finding of non-infringement in Amgen v. Apotex. In that case, Amgen asserted the ’138 patent against Apotex based on Apotex’s aBLAs for...

Tax Appeals Based on Property Type May Violate State Constitution

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

Valley Forge Towers Apartments N, L.P. v. Upper Merion Area School Dist., 2017 Pa. LEXIS 1520, 163 A.3d 962 (Pa. July 5, 2017). (The Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that school district’s tax assessment appeal policy violated state uniformity...

Senate Tax Proposal Hits Hospitals, Other Exempt Organizations

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

On November 9, 2017, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee announced their plan for reforming the Federal tax code, including several provisions that target charitable hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations. Like the House proposal...

Consultant, Long Time Friend Settle SEC Insider Trading Charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

SEC Enforcement is shifting focus to consumers and cyber-security according to the Chairman. Whether that marks the end of “broken windows” and many of the programs the approach spawned is yet to be seen. Regardless, insider trading, long a staple of...

Gordon Rees partner leaves management after sex harassment remarks on ‘Hannity’

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

Proposed CFIUS Overhaul Focuses on Cybersecurity and High-Tech Sectors

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

Recently proposed legislation would substantially overhaul current law governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) by dramatically expanding CFIUS’ authorities and calling for CFIUS to take cybersecurity and information...

Employees Have a Right to Complain About Intoxicated Co-Workers

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

The likely reaction to the title of this article would be: well of course they do. Workplace rules of conduct typically prohibit being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and although the condition of alcoholism might be protected as a...

Non-News: Warnings Claims For A Generic Drug Preempted (Still)

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

We can be inundated with news. Old news. New news. Fake news. Breaking news. News that makes you want to break something. News that makes you want to go back to bed. In trying to be discerning consumers of the news, it is useful to do not just...

Opposing NPDES Delegation to Massachusetts Is So 20th Century

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

On November 14, 2017, the Boston Globe joined most local environmental organizations in opposing delegation of the NPDES program to Massachusetts. How wrong is this? Let me count the ways....

Generic Defendants Shed No Tears after Winning Motion to Add Incorrect Inventorship Defense

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/11/17

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted defendants' motion to amend their pleadings after the deadline for amending had passed. Allergan v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, No. 15-1455-WCB, 2017 WL 1512334 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 27, 2017)...

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