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Margareta K. Sorenson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 23, 2013 In Biogen Idec, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, the Federal Circuit upheld a narrow claim interpretation based on prosecution history disclaimer. The court held that the applicants’ arguments against an enablement rejection served to disclaim the broader claim scope sought in the infringement...
| | Employment Law Compliance Is Just the Beginning
Scott Callen; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 22, 2013 Complying with the law is only the starting point when making sound and legally defensible employment decisions, such as discipline, terminations, denying accommodations, and so forth. Have you ever heard of a company that made an employment decision that technically complied with the law, but were...
| | Are Unpaid Interns Handy Helpers or a Source of Liability?
Krista M. Cabrera; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 22, 2013 Summer is fast approaching and along with the dog days of pool time, family vacations, and outdoor activities, comes summer break for students. For many companies, this means an influx of potential interns anxious to learn the ins-and-outs of an industry and willing to do so without pay. As we have...
| | New Risks for Indirect Lenders
Michael C. Lueder; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 22, 2013 Last month the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it will start holding banks accountable for the discriminatory actions of indirect auto lenders. The issue arises when a consumer goes to purchase a car and applies for financing right at the dealership. That dealer then takes the...
| | Lees v. Carthage College: A Seventh Circuit Decision on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony for the Standard of Care
Eric G. Pearson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 20, 2013 The Seventh Circuit recently issued two opinions with interesting evidentiary issues. We wrote about the multiple levels of hearsay in Jordan v. Binns, No. 11-2134 (7th Cir. Apr. 4, 2013), last week. And, this week, the court’s decision in Lees v. Carthage College, No. 11-3061 (7th Cir. Apr....
| | 340B Drug Pricing Program: Recent Developments
Elizabeth S. Elson, Anil Shankar; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2013, previously published on April 18, 2013 The 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program) continues to undergo a period of intense scrutiny and debate over how compliance with program rules is enforced. As previously reported in the May 30, 2012 edition of Foley’s Legal News Alert: Health Care, in 2012 the U.S. Health Resources and...
| | Challenging the Enabling Quality of Prior Art
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 19, 2013, previously published on April 18, 2013 In In re Morsa, the Federal Circuit reversed an anticipation rejection where the applicant had challenged the enabling quality of the cited prior art reference, even though the applicant had not submitted evidence in support of its position. While the court agreed with the USPTO that a prior art...
| | California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
Michael F. Taveira; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 19, 2013, previously published on April 18, 2013 As of last year, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires qualifying businesses to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking and slavery from their direct supply chains.
| | Another Steelmaker Subsidiary Raided in International Antitrust Investigation
Brandi F. Walkowiak; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2013, previously published on April 16, 2013 On March 29, 2013, South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office raided the office of POSCO ICT, a subsidiary of POSCO that manages the parent company’s IT network, as part of an ongoing investigation of South Korea’s biggest steelmakers. Approximately 10...
| | Developers Rejoice! IRS Issues “Begun Construction” Guidance
John A. Eliason; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2013, previously published on April 16, 2013 On April 15, 2013, the IRS released Notice 2013-29 addressing the eligibility for certain alternative energy projects to qualify for the renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC) under section 45 of the Tax Code. This guidance has been eagerly anticipated since the beginning of the year by...
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