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Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending April 25, 2025
Qualcomm Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al., Nos. 2023-1208, -1209 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) Apr. 23, 2025). Opinion by Reyna, joined by Lourie and Prost. Qualcomm owns a patent related to integrated circuit devices using multiple power supplies. Apple filed two IPR petitions challenging the patentability of some claims….By: Alston & Bird
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Let’s Get Clinical: FDA Issues NOV Regarding Misleading Clinical Data Promotion
When the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued a recent Notice of Violation (“NOV”), some of us were humming, “Let’s get clinical,” to the tune of Olivia Newton-John’s 1982 hit “Physical.”…By: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – May 2025
SWIFT to Launch May 1: DOD Fast Tracks Software Deployment Opening New Doors for Defense Contractors – In a decisive move to stay ahead in an era of rapidly evolving digital threats, the Department of Defense (DOD) is accelerating its push for software modernization. The upcoming launch of the Software Fast Track (SWIFT) Program on…
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Navigating the Legal Landscape of Electric Vehicle Battery Fires
The electric vehicle (“EV”) revolution is reshaping the automotive industry, promising a greener future and reduced reliance on fossil fuels. However, as EV adoption accelerates, manufacturers face a growing legal and regulatory challenge: the risk of lithium-ion battery fires, which has sparked a wave of product liability lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny in recent months. For…
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Dechert Re:Torts – April 2025
Georgia’s New Tort Reform Laws Change the State’s Litigation Landscape – Georgia has adopted major tort reform that will impact personal injury and other civil cases in Georgia state court. Among other reforms, the new laws stay discovery while a motion to dismiss is pending; limit arguments to juries for noneconomic damages; provide for bifurcating…
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100 Days of Solitude: Trump and the Retreat of America
President Trump’s approach to foreign policy in his second term has been transactional, unpredictable and exploitative. Allies and enemies alike are beginning to adapt.
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Trump Ties Himself to Future of Ukraine With Minerals Deal
The text of the agreement, made public by Ukraine’s government, made no mention of the security guarantees that Kyiv had long sought.
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Lost in the ‘Death Realm’ of El Salvador’s Prisons
President Trump’s decision to send migrants to a Salvadoran prison has set off a national debate in the U.S. In El Salvador, the phenomenon of men disappearing into prisons is all too familiar.
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50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia
Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion.
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The U.S.-Ukraine Mineral Deal: What We Know
The agreement came after months of fraught negotiations.