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Carol Laherty, Bonnie Weiss McLeod, Michael S. Tuscan, Nan Wu; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 26, 2012, previously published on March 22, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Breyer, clarified the scope of patentable subject matter by holding that a diagnostic method for optimizing drug dose is not patentable because the underlying steps of the patent claims did not sufficiently "transform"...
| | Draft Biosimilars Guidances Released by Food and Drug Administration
Natasha V. Leskovsek, Marya A. Postner, Michelle S. Rhyu, Tryn T. Stimart; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 20, 2012, previously published on February 16, 2012 On February 9, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration released three long-awaited "draft" industry Guidances concerning Biosimilars, also known as Follow on Biologics. The draft Guidance documents provide in broad strokes the FDA's proposal for its implementation of the Biologics Price...
|  | Revised 2012 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Thresholds—Effective Date Set for the New Thresholds
Megan Browdie, Francis M. Fryscak, M. Howard Morse; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 2012 The Federal Trade Commission has now published its notice of adjustments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino thresholds in the Federal Register, with the revised thresholds to go into effect on February 27, 2012. The thresholds, which impact both triggers for filing requirements and filing fee tiers are...
| | Revised 2012 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Thresholds Announced
Megan Browdie, Francis M. Fryscak, M. Howard Morse; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 26, 2012, previously published on January 2012 On January 24, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced its annual modifications to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds. The thresholds, which impact both triggers for filing requirements and filing fee tiers, are adjusted annually for changes in GNP. They are expected to be published in...
| | $500,000 Fine Underscores Importance of Individual Investors Complying with HSR Rules
Francis M. Fryscak, M. Howard Morse; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 27, 2011, previously published on December 22, 2011 The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires individuals, as well as companies, to disclose acquisitions that exceed specified thresholds to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ). Failure to comply can result in civil fines of up to $16,000 per day.
| | Government Prevails in Antitrust Challenge to Software Merger
Megan Browdie, Francis M. Fryscak, M. Howard Morse; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 9, 2011, previously published on December 5, 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regularly review proposed mergers and acquisitions. They typically resolve competition concerns through negotiated consent decrees, instead of suing to block transactions. As a result, the court decision in the government's...
| | Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Implementing Executive Order Requiring Service Contract Act Contractors to Hire Predecessor Employees
Connie N. Bertram, Elizabeth L. Lewis; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 14, 2011, previously published on September 2, 2011 On August 29, 2011, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") issued a final rule to implement President Obama's Executive Order 13495, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts (the "Executive Order"). The Executive Order requires federal...
| | FTC Loses Lundbeck Appeal, Opening Door for More Aggressive Pharmaceutical Merger & Acquisition Activity
Megan Browdie, Francis M. Fryscak, M. Howard Morse; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 31, 2011, previously published on August 30, 2011 In the first-ever appellate antitrust decision dealing with a pharmaceutical industry merger, Federal Trade Commission v. Lundbeck, Inc., the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a finding that the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") failed to prove that two drugs were in the same relevant...
| | A New Sunrise for Brand Owners
John W. Crittenden, Janet L. Cullum, Anne Harris Peck, Peter J. Willsey; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 22, 2011, previously published on August 19, 2011 The .xxx sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) is making its way to the Internet this fall as a destination for adult content. Launch of the new top lxevel domain space will result in an expansion of available domain names much the way the introduction of .biz and .tv has done. Registered trademark...
| | Connecticut Enacts Law Banning Employers from Using Credit Reports to Make Employment Decisions
Connie N. Bertram, Elizabeth L. Lewis, Seth A. Rafkin, Michael Sheetz, David A. Walsh; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 16, 2011, previously published on August 8, 2011 On July 13, 2011, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed legislation that prohibits employers from using credit reports to make selection and employment-related decisions. The law will become effective on October 1, 2011, and it will cover all employers in Connecticut that have at least one...
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