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To the World, McCarthy’s Exit Is Just Another Example of U.S. Disarray
Amid upheaval on Capitol Hill and the undermining of democratic norms, the country’s institutions are under profound stress.
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More Speaker Crisis Fallout: Pelosi Is Evicted From Bonus Office
Representative Nancy Pelosi had been given a “hideaway” office suite as a courtesy — one that was rescinded after she did nothing to help Representative Kevin McCarthy.
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Biden Cancels an Additional $9 Billion in Student Loan Debt
The move comes just three days after student loan repayments resumed following a three-year pause.
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Blinken, Garland and Mayorkas Land in Mexico to Tackle Range of Issues
The secretary of state, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas plan to meet with Mexico’s leader and other officials to cement strategy.
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Legislative Developments in AI: The Bipartisan Framework for the US AI Act
On September 12, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law convened a hearing to discuss potential legislation focused on AI models, the third in a series of hearings by the subcommittee analyzing issues in AI oversight. A key discussion topic was the Bipartisan Framework for US AI Act introduced by Senators…
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NAIC Privacy Working Group Goes All-in on New Draft Privacy Model
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Privacy Working Group has been feverishly shuffling and re-dealing its new privacy model, but its luck may be running out….By: Carlton Fields
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Rock Health Summit Takeaway: Digital Health is Rightsizing, Not Retreating
From its inception, digital health has been focused on developing technologies and solutions that offer a higher quality of healthcare to more people at a lower cost. Amidst fluctuations in stock prices, valuations and investor sentiment, that focus hasn’t changed, and the good work we are doing in the sector continues unabated….By: Fenwick & West…
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FDA Proposes Regulating LDTs as Medical Devices, Again
On October 3, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published a highly anticipated proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices. LDTs are tests that are developed and offered by a single clinical laboratory and they make up the substantial majority of clinical laboratory testing today……By: Bass, Berry & Sims…
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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: PTAB may make implicit finding of reasonable expectation of success if arguments are intertwined with motivation to combine
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions – BAXALTA INCOPORPORATED v. GENENTECH, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1461, 9/20/2023) (Moore, Clevenger, and Chen) – Moore, C.J. The Court affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment that claims were invalid for lack of enablement. Claim 1 of the asserted patent “cover[ed] all antibodies that (1) bind to Factor IX/IXa; and (2)…
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Comparative Fault’s Impact on Florida Motorcycle Accidents
In 2023 Florida changed its legal framework in regard to comparative fault. There may be no area of personal injury law where this will have a greater impact than matters which involve a motorcycle accident. Given that such cases often involve serious injuries, and the issue of blame is often hotly disputed, it is important…
