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Damages Experts: Has the Federal Circuit Lowered the Admissibility Standard?
Damages experts in patent cases have a tough task. They must construct a hypothetical negotiation between the parties that would have taken place just before the alleged infringement started. And the goal of this hypothetical negotiation is to determine a reasonable royalty upon which both parties would have agreed….By: BakerHostetler
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Gen AI and Today’s Legal Leaders: Insights from the ACC CLO Summit
The 2024 ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Annual CLO Summit was held in Edinburgh, Scotland and included more than eighty global General Counsels and Chief Legal Officers. The entities represented are known globally, including legal leaders from NATO, DocuSign, technology company leader Infosys, and consumer brand companies, including PepsiCo, Ferrara, and Diageo….By: Epiq
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FDLI’s Top Cases 2024 Featuring Partner Andrew Wasson
Partner Andrew Wasson contributed a chapter to the Food & Drug Law Institute’s annual publication identifying the top food and drug cases of the year. Andrew’s chapter relates to the Supreme Court case, Amgen v. Sanofi, 598 U.S. 594, 143 S. Ct. 1243 (2023).This publication is shared with the permission of FDLI….By: Haug Partners LLP
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Federal Circuit Review | May 2024
Infringement Judgement is Only Final when there’s Nothing Left to Do but Execute – In Packet Intelligence LLC v. Netscout Systems, Inc., Appeal No. 22-2064, the Federal Circuit held that an infringement judgment is only sufficiently “final” to be immune from a later finding of unpatentability if the litigation has moved to a stage that…
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Gaia Software Data Breach Affects Personal Information of Over 55k Individuals
On April 5, 2024, Gaia Software, LLC filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that confidential information that had been provided to the company was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Gaia Software explains that the incident resulted in an…
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Hypertension-Nephrology Associates Data Breach Affects Nearly 40,000 Patients
On May 14, 2024, Hypertension-Nephrology Associates, P.C. filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after hackers accessed its computer network and attempted to extort the company out of a ransom. In this notice, Hypertension-Nephrology Associates explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized…
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Byline Bank Files Notice of Data Breach Affecting an Unknown Number of Customers
On May 23, 2024, Byline Bank filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access information in the company’s possession. In this notice, Byline Bank explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which…
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Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand Denied as Plaintiff’s Former Employer Satisfies the Federal Officer Removal Statute
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana – Plaintiff Wilson Goffner, Sr. was diagnosed with malignant lung cancer in March 2020following his employment at the Avondale shipyard in the late 1960s and 1970s. In February 2021, the plaintiff filed a petition for damages in the Civil District Court for the Parish of New…
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Frontier Communications Notifies Over 750k of Recent Data Breach
On June 6, 2024, Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering unauthorized access within its computer network. In this notice, Frontier explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes their names and Social Security…
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Middle East Crisis: Israel Presses Offensive in Central Gaza After Deadly Strike on Shelter
The Israeli military said its strike on a U.N. school complex where thousands were sheltering targeted fighters hiding inside. Palestinian officials have said civilians were among the dead.
