The US Government has been under a partial shutdown since December 21, 2018, and it is anyone’s guess when the shutdown will end. Congress has recessed until this week, and there is little word of progress among the parties.
As the partial federal government shutdown enters its second week, businesses both large and small should be aware of the shutdown’s implications for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and for product safety.
Schiff Hardin successfully secured a favorable outcome for our client, Fresenius Kabi USALLC, in a patent-infringement suit filed by Hospira Inc., which paves the way for Fresenius to market a new generic drug.
Section 16600 of the California Business & Professions Code expressly states that any contract that restrains a person from engaging in lawful business of any kind is void.
During the holidays, many Americans flock to nearby stores to buy presents and decorations. And given today’s global economy, many of those products are made by foreign manufacturers. But what happens if the product fails in a manner that could give rise to potential legal liability?
In Los Angeles alone, the LA City Attorney’s Office has in recent years initiated numerous lawsuits against hospitals and nursing facilities for homeless patient “dumping” – a practice generally described as discharging homeless persons without regard to their safety or ability to find shelter.
While he did not use a hemp pen like the one used by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to sign the conference report, President Trump signed into law the 2018 farm bill that includes a provision that legalizes hemp. Specifically, the provision would remove hemp from the federal list of c
Joel Wallace was quoted on a recent ruling from Federal Judge Reed O’Connor in the Federal District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and, in the absence of the individual mandate, the rest of the ACA cannot stand.
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled that it remains concerned with the issue of administrative deference following its grant of certiorari last week to hear Kisor v. O’Rourke specific to the issue of whether the Court should overrule Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.
Arent Fox has successfully procured a patent for Acronis, a leading provider of cloud backup and cyber protection, for a new technology of verifying data integrity using a blockchain network.
In the quick pound of a gavel, the entire U.S. pharmaceutical and biologics industries were thrown into doubt after Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas found the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – and therefore the entire act – unconstitutional.
WASHINGTON, DC — Arent Fox LLP and Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP are pleased to announce they have reached a formal agreement to merge, effective January 1, 2019. The merger will mark Arent Fox’s first expansion into the Boston market.
The $50 billion dollar global online event ticketing market is expected to grow to $70 billion dollars by 2025. This growth coincides with recently heightened allegations of deceptive practices.