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Petitioners Must Present Sufficient Evidence to Establish Inherency

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

Last Friday the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied four Sandoz Inc. petitions for instituting inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. 8,455,524 (IPR2015-00005), U.S. 7,612,102 (IPR2015-00006), U.S. 7,659,290 (IPR2015-00007), and U.S. 7,659,291 B2...

FDA Rejects Otsuka’s Assertions of Orphan Drug Exclusivity for Abilify®, Allowing Generics to Proceed

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

The FDA last week granted several pharmaceutical companies approval to market generic versions of the bestselling antipsychotic drug Abilify® (aripiprazole), despite the assertions of the drug’s patent-holder, the Japanese pharmaceutical company...

Cybersecurity Legislation Passes In The House

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

As an update to last week’s article, Congress To Take Up Major Cybersecurity Legislation During “Cyber Week”, the House passed H.R. 1560 and H.R. 1731. These Acts will now be combined and sent as a package to the Senate....

"FIRPTA Reform Opens Door to Increased Foreign Investment in US Real Estate"

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

This afternoon, Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) re-introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to significantly reform the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). Introduced as H.R. 2128, the Real Estate...

4 Things General Counsel Need to Know

By The Law Insider 01/05/15

General Counsel continue to face new challenges. Fears of cyberattacks and data privacy breaches continue to escalate; Dodd-Frank amendments continue to leave an expansive wake.

Supreme Court Requires Narrow Proof of EEOC Conciliation Efforts

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

On Wednesday, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court agreed that federal courts have authority to review the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s attempts to conciliate discrimination charges when the agency concludes that the employer violated federal...

Texas Supreme Court: Opposition to Inappropriate but not Unlawful Acts is not Protected Activity Under Texas Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

On April 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Texas released an opinion in a case brought under Texas law that will help Texas employers defend themselves against claims of retaliation. In San Antonio Water System v. Nicholas, the court held that the law...

European Securities Regulator Calls for Information Concerning Virtual Currency

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

On April 22, 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) – the European Union’s (“EU”) securities watchdog agency – issued a formal call for evidence regarding investments using virtual currency or distributed ledger technology....

City of Waterbury v. Connecticut Alliance of City Police — A New Standard of Impartiality for Arbitrators in Interest Arbitrations?

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

The Superior Court’s decision in City of Waterbury v. Connecticut Alliance of City Police, could mark the emergence of a new standard of impartiality for party-selected arbitrators in Municipal Employee Relations Act [“MERA”] interest arbitrations....

California Greenhouse Gas Mandates Keep Coming— Governor Orders 40 Percent Reductions Below 1990 Levels by 2030

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/05/15

On April 29, 2015, California’s Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order to set a new interim target for reducing the state’s emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. In March 2015, we wrote about the...

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