As businesses seek to integrate into their workflows data collected from Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, they are confronted with a very sensitive and complex issue: privacy. Currently, there is no federal law that...
On June 13, the US Supreme Court handed down an important unanimous decision relaxing the standard for an award of enhanced patent damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284. See Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., 579 U.S. ___ (June 13, 2016)...
The latest salvo in an ongoing battle against Delaware was fired on June 9, when 21 states, led by Texas and Arkansas, filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme Court to force Delaware to return to the States between $150 million and $400 million that...
It can sometimes seem like everyone loves the Kardashian-Jenners but it isn't so. The super sisters are being sued by their former agents who complain that the ladies have deprived them of their cut of profits from product endorsement deals -- in other words, that they've been stealing.
Not since late 2014 has the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court to hold that patent claims are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as not being directed to an abstract idea. On May 12, 2016, in Enfish, LLC v....
This week in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., the United States Supreme Court changed the law regarding when enhanced damages should be awarded in patent infringement cases, by eliminating the two-part test for determining whether a...
A severance agreement executed in connection with a Stark Truss employee’s resignation included a one-year non-competition clause. It allowed the company unfettered discretion to decide if his new employer was a competitor and, if so, to terminate...
Civil Investigative Demands, or CIDs, are a favorite tool of the Federal Government to get information from all types of providers who bill federal payors. This information could form the basis of a civil or criminal lawsuit. CIDs are used by the...
Today, the Eighth Circuit determined that the Next Generation Energy Act (“NGEA”), a Minnesota law that established power sector standards for carbon dioxide emissions, was unconstitutional. In so doing, the Court affirmed the decision of District...
FDA this week released a final rule that will undoubtedly raise new litigation questions for medical device manufacturers in the context of product liability claims. The final rule, for the first time, permits medical device manufacturers to include...
