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Jeanne M. Grasso, Tara L. Leiter, Dana S. Merkel, Jonathan K. Waldron; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On March 23, 2012, the Coast Guard issued a long awaited Final Rule, Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters, amending the existing ballast water management (“BWM”) regulations and creating a standard for the allowable concentration of...
| | U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Generic Pharmaceutical Companies can Counterclaim to Correct Use Codes in FDA Orange Book When Sued by Brand Companies
Brian Wm. Higgins, Jay P. Lessler; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 17, 2012, in Caraco Pharmaceutical Labs. Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S, slip no.10-844, that a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer can counterclaim to have a “use code” for a method of use patent corrected in the FDA Orange Book. Generic manufacturers...
| | U.S. Supreme Court Holds That New Evidence May Be Introduced In District Court Suits Brought Against the Patent Office for Rejecting a Patent Application
Brian Wm. Higgins, Jay P. Lessler; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The Supreme Court on April 18, 2012 held in Kappos v. Hyatt, slip no. 10-1219, that new evidence, as permissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), may be introduced in a civil suit challenging the rejection of a patent application by the...
| | Federal Court of Appeals Rules that Reassignment of Disabled Workers is Not Required When Better Qualified Applicants Apply for the Position
Lucas T. Hanback; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2012, previously published on March 2012 The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled, in EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc., that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) does not require employers to reassign disabled employees, who will lose their positions due to a disability, to vacant positions...
| | New Interim Measures on Failure to Report Business Concentrations in China
Dawn Bernd-Schulz, Barry H. Genkin, Scott C. Kline, Henry M. Kuller, Jeffrey A. Rinde, Kristi Lynn Swartz; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 13, 2012, previously published on January 2012 On December 30, 2011, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”),which provides security reviews for inbound mergers and acquisitions, issued the final version of “Interim Measures on Failure of Filing...
| | Only 45 Days Left—Have You Commented on EPA’s Draft Vessel General Permit?
Jeanne M. Grasso, Tara L. Leiter, Jonathan K. Waldron; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 9, 2012, previously published on January 2012 On December 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published two draft Vessel General Permits (“VGPs”) that would authorize discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial vessels—one to replace the existing VGP currently in force (“2008...
| | Maritime Administration Announces 2012 Small Shipyard Grant Program
Brian A. Bannon, Joan M. Bondareff, Tara L. Leiter; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 27, 2011, previously published on December 2011 On December 12, 2011, the Maritime Administration (“MARAD”) issued a Notice of Small Shipyard Grant Program, which will provide for financial assistance to small shipyards (the “Grant Program”).For 2012, there is a total of $9,980,000 available for grants to be used for...
| | Corporate Hospitality Packages for the London 2012 Olympics and Infringement of the UK Bribery Act - Much Ado About Nothing?
Jennifer Peru Gary, Shawn M. Wright; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 22, 2011, previously published on December 2011 With the London 2012 Olympics fast-approaching, many corporations are wondering whether they can provide corporate hospitality packages to their current and prospective customers, suppliers and business partners without the risk of violating the UK Bribery Act. The UK Bribery Act ("the...
| | Coast Guard Request for Comments on Mechanisms used by Publicly Traded Jones Act Companies to Prove Citizenship Following the Trico Investigation
James B. Ellis, R. Anthony Salgado, Jonathan K. Waldron; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 2, 2011, previously published on December 2011 On November 3, 2011 the Coast Guard published a Notice in the Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 68,203) requesting information regarding the mechanisms that publicly traded companies employ to ensure compliance with the U.S. citizenship requirements for U.S.-flag vessels with coastwise and fisheries...
| | Coast Guard Seeks Comments Regarding OPA 90 Claims Procedures
Jeanne M. Grasso, Tara L. Leiter, Dana S. Merkel, Jonathan K. Waldron; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 16, 2011, previously published on November 2011 The Coast Guard issued a Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") on November 1, 2011 inviting the public to comment on the current Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA 90") claims procedures and whether certain pre-OPA 90 regulations should be removed. In addition, the Coast Guard is requesting...
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