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Acuitas Seeks Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity Against Arbutus and Genevant in New Jersey Court Challenging mRNA-Delivery Specific Patents
Last week, Canada-based Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. (Acuitas) filed a complaint in the District of New Jersey for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity against Arbutus Biopharma Corp. and Genevant Sciences GmbH (collectively, Arbutus), challenging U.S. Patent Nos. 9,364,435; 8,058,069; 8,492,359; 8,822,668; 9,006,417; 9,504,651; 9,518,272; 11,141,378; 11,298,320; and 11,318,098 relating to messenger RNA-delivery technology….By: Goodwin
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White House Orders New Rules on U.S. Outbound Investment
The Biden Administration has issued its long-awaited Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern (“EO”), which will create a new “outbound investment” review regime and impose compliance obligations for investors in certain high-technology industries focused on China after regulations are issued at a future…
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Reverse CFIUS Unveiled: Focus on China, Semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (E.O.) ordering the issuance of outbound investment restrictions. This E.O. comes after nearly a year of anticipation (as we have documented on several occasions over the past year). This is the start of the reverse CFIUS process that has been mostly speculation (and blog articles)…
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N.D. Ohio Rejects Amendment that Would Have Destroyed Federal Jurisdiction in MDL Remand Case
Some personal injury plaintiffs will do almost anything to avoid federal court. And by “some,” we mean pretty much all. We freely subscribe to the idea that the plaintiffs’ bar is replete with bad motives on this issue….By: Reed Smith
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Hillsborough County Confirms MOVEit Data Breach Leaks Information of 70k+
On July 26, 2023, Hillsborough County filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that a data breach involving the MOVEit file transfer tool put the personal information of residents at risk. In this notice, Hillsborough County explains that the incident resulted…
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Radius Global Solutions Reports Data Breach Due to MOVEit Vulnerability
On August 4, 2023, Radius Global Solutions, LLC filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after learning that an unauthorized party was able to access the company’s MOVEit server. In this notice, Radius explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…
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Russia-Ukraine War: Zelensky Cracks Down on Corruption in Military Recruitment
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ordered the dismissal of all the directors of regional military recruitment centers, saying that the system “should be run by people who know exactly what war is.”
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Ukrainians in Kupiansk Fear a Second Russian Occupation
The torture rooms in the battered Ukrainian city of Kupiansk have been empty for months. But Moscow’s advancing forces are just five miles away.
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Fresh Fighting in Ethiopia Raises Fears of New War
Less than a year after the war in the country’s northern Tigray region ended, Ethiopia’s military is battling an ethnic militia in the neighboring Amhara region in a part of Africa already ravaged by conflict.
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A Japanese Candy Tasted Like Nothing. Why Do People Miss It?
Flavorless (?) Candy, a convenience store product in Japan, spurred debate over what the “taste of nothingness” tastes like, if anything.
