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Recent action by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) demonstrates renewed Chinese antitrust focus on standard essential patents (“SEPs”)….By: Jones Day

In a first-of-its-kind prosecution, federal prosecutors have charged two healthcare executives with unlawfully distributing controlled substances, such as Adderall, through a telehealth website. These charges demonstrate the Department of Justice’s intensified focus on enforcing federal controlled substances laws in the rapidly evolving digital health landscape….By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New cybersecurity legislation to enhance the protection of computer systems of critical infrastructures (“CIs”) was proposed by the Hong Kong Government on 25 June 2024. The legislation is tentatively titled the Protection of Critical Infrastructure (Computer System) Bill (the “Bill”)….By: A&O Shearman

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a long-anticipated draft guidance on June 26, 2024, entitled “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies” (Draft Guidance). This Draft Guidance replaces and rewrites the draft guidance issued in April of 2022 (2022 Diversity Plan Draft Guidance), which only recommended…

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions – BETEIRO, LLC v. DRAFTKINGS INC. [OPINION] (2022-2275, 06/21/2024) (Dyk, Prost, Stark) – Stark, J. The Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of multiple, related patent infringement cases for failure to state a claim based on subject matter ineligibility of the patent claims….By: WilmerHale

The United States (US) has seen an explosion of litigation in recent years relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), referred to by some as “forever chemicals” because they are slow to degrade and can stay in the environment for many years. PFAS are a large group of synthetic chemicals, which are used in a…

On July 2, 2024, CF Arcis XII, LLC dba Arcis Golf (“Arcis”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that confidential information in the company’s possession was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Arcis explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access…

In a recent decision in Wong Sin Yi v. Kwan Pui Wing and The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (DCPI 408/2023) made by Hong Kong District Court Personal Injury Master Jo Siu, the learned Master commented that claims with no reasonable prospect to exceed HK$75,000 shall be commenced in the Small Claims Tribunal with…

In April 2024, Robins Kaplan attorneys secured a groundbreaking $7.75 million verdict against CRC Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of aerosol dusters. The verdict stemmed from a tragic 2019 incident when Cynthia McDougall was killed after a driver huffed CRC Duster, lost control of his vehicle, crossed over the center line into oncoming traffic, and struck…