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This publication is issued by K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, a Singapore law firm with full Singapore law and representation capacity, and to whom any Singapore law queries should be addressed. K&L Gates Straits Law is the Singapore office of K&L Gates, a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located on five continents. Joan…

On June 3, 2025, Judge Jacqueline S. Corley of the Northern District of California granted in part a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against a medical devices company (the “Company”), its CEO, and certain other of its officers. Glazing Emps. & Glaziers Union Local #27 Pension and Ret. Fund v. iRhythm…

On June 4, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Judges Taranto, Chen, and Hughes) affirmed the District of Delaware’s claim construction in a patent infringement dispute involving lipid components used in Moderna’s (Moderna, Inc., ModernaTX, Inc., and Moderna US, Inc.) mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. The case centered on the interpretation of…

North Dakota recently passed a law establishing new rules for certain financial companies operating in the state – specifically “financial corporations.” The new obligations will take effect on August 1, 2025. They will apply to businesses that the North Dakota department of financial institutions regulates. Financial institutions (like banks and loan companies) and credit unions……By:…

On June 11, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision invalidating two patents owned by Agilent Technologies. The patents at issue, U.S. Patent Nos. 10,337,001 and 10,900,034, claim synthetic CRISPR guide RNAs with specific chemical modifications intended to improve stability and functionality.…

What is a meningioma and what types of injuries qualify? Depo-Provera has many known side effects. However, the current Depo-Provera litigation mainly involves a “signature injury” that was not properly warned against by the Depo-Provera drugmaker, Pfizer. That signature injury is cranial meningioma….By: Stark & Stark

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a public advisory urging consumers not to inhale nitrous oxide (N2O) from commercial dispensers, including canisters, tanks and portable chargers. The advisory comes in response to a rise in recreational abuse and a growing number of class action lawsuits targeting N2O manufacturers….By: McGuireWoods LLP

On May 28, 2025, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster officially signed H.3430, also known as Act 42, which amends part of South Carolina’s Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, S.C. Code Ann. §15-38-15, as well as laws regarding the sale of alcohol and liability resulting therefrom. This act takes effect January 1, 2026, and applies only to…

The EU Commission has adopted Directive (EU) 2024/2853, which implements a comprehensive overhaul of the 1985 Directive 85/374/EEC on defective product liability (“New PLD”). The new framework, which complements Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (General Product Safety), seeks to modernize the European product liability regime to address the emergence of new digital technologies. The directive’s overarching aim…