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Great Cancellations: Kentucky’s New Subscription Law and FTC’s Expansion of the Negative Option Rule
As the subscription economy continues to grow towards a predicted $1.5 trillion by 2025, the number of laws and regulations with which a business offering subscriptions must comply also continues to grow. The focus of these legislative and regulatory efforts continues to primarily be aimed at ensuring consumers have adequate notice of subscription terms before…
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Ustekinumab Antitrust Litigation
On December 7, 2023, a group of health insurers and health insurance administrators filed a class action complaint against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively “J&J”) in the Eastern District of Virginia alleging that J&J “is unlawfully delaying the introduction of biosimilar competition for ustekinumab.”…By: Goodwin
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The Learned Concierge – January 2024, Vol. 4
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Cybersecurity/Privacy – It’s a New Year and a Good Time for a Cybersecurity Checkup – 2023 was another active year in cybersecurity, with high profile vulnerabilities and data breaches, and government and private sector responses….By: Clark Hill…
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A new “world first” gold standard for EU green bonds
As part of the European Commission’s strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy, the EU has been debating for some time how best to put in place a regulatory regime for EU green bonds. This has resulted in the long-awaited publication of the Regulation on EU Green Bonds (the EuGB Regulation) in the…
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Dutch Supreme Court: Patentee not liable against health insurer for patent enforcement against generic
On 3 November 2023, the Dutch Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal of The Hague in which life sciences company AstraZeneca (“AZ”) was held not to be liable towards health insurer Menzis for the enforcement of a preliminary injunction against a generic company, while the patent was later found invalid….By: Hogan…
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Singing River Health System Notifies 252k Patients of Recent Data Breach
On January 12, 2024, Singing River Health System filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that the organization was the target of a ransomware attack. In this notice, Singing River explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes…
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Class Action Practice: 10 Highlights from 2023
The arrival of 2024 marked the end of a year filled with class action activity. Our Litigation group in Toronto has prepared a list of some of the more notable cases (and other developments) of 2023, with a focus on Ontario. They are grouped into the following four categories: procedure; competition; securities; and product liability….By:…
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Israel-Hamas War: Israel and Hamas Reach Deal to Supply Medicine to Hostages in Gaza
The agreement, announced by Qatar, would also provide additional medicine and other aid for Palestinian civilians in the enclave. Earlier, the U.S. struck more Houthi targets in Yemen, after the rebels hit a cargo ship.
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Zelensky Calls for Peace, Not More Weapons, in Davos
In a speech in Switzerland, the Ukrainian president asked for more sanctions on Moscow, but he did not appeal for weaponry for new offenses.
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Iranian Strikes in Iraq and Pakistan Inflame Regional Tensions
Iran says its missile strikes were aimed at militant groups behind attacks on its territory, but Pakistan and Iraq rejected that explanation.