The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously on March 20, 2018 in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA) does not deprive state courts of their concurrent jurisdiction over class action lawsuits.
Partner Kevin Nelson was quoted on the Knowledge Ecology International’s urging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to leverage the Bayh-Dole Act in order to combat rising drug prices.
On March 22, 2018, President Trump signed a memorandum that marks the start of a multi-faceted trade offensive against China designed to respond to the Administration’s findings of misappropriation of US intellectual property and discriminatory technology licensing practices.
A three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a unanimous decision holding that Smithfield Packing Co. Inc. could not be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for sexual harassment.
Earlier this week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission sent shockwaves through the financial-industry legal-and-compliance communities, announcing its largest-ever Dodd-Frank whistleblower awards, totaling $83 million.
Oregon is the latest state to adopt a drug pricing transparency law, following in the footsteps of Vermont, California, Nevada, and Maryland, which have all adopted pricing and/or transparency laws of some variety over the past year.
Political letters: an underappreciated variation on political memos. Five Democratic US Senators released a letter on March 14 that urged changes to the Senate autonomous vehicles bill.
Political letters: an underappreciated variation on political memos. Five Democratic US Senators released a letter on March 14 that urged changes to the Senate autonomous vehicles bill.
Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce the firm has been ranked among the top five bond counsel in Illinois by The Bond Buyer in its 2017 Midwest Yearend Review.
In a recent 8-6 en banc decision, Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc., No. 16-20174, 2018 WL 1096980 (5th Cir. Mar. 1, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned its precedent, to step in line with the majority of other circuits.
Ah, the barons of self-driving cars, and their Great Charter. Magna International, a Canadian auto-parts supplier, has partnered with Lyft to supply the ride-sharing service with kits to turn regular vehicles into self-driving cars.
Starting in April 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin to implement significant changes to the look and content of Medicare identification cards.
In a ceremony hosted on March 15, 2018 in New York City, Arent Fox LLP was named Managing Intellectual Property’s Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year for the Northeast region.
Partner Janet Johnson was quoted on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent agreement to hear a case on a decades-old procedural takings issue. The matter surrounds a property owner’s struggle to file a claim in state or federal court alleging that the government has unconstitutionally taken value from her
A recent settlement announced by the US Department of Justice serves as a warning to pharmaceutical and device manufacturers that the government remains concerned about the provision of expensive meals to physicians and the impact such meals may have on a physician’s independent medical judgment.
Government regulators have struggled to keep pace with entrepreneurs as they launch new cryptocurrencies and trading platforms, resulting in largely unregulated virtual currency exchanges.
Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce that Partner Joanne Faycurry is being recognized with the Mentor of the Year Award by the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program.
Yesterday, March 8, 2018, President Trump formally announced and signed the proclamations to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports pursuant to Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
A long time coming and after much anticipation and speculation, CMS is about to unveil an electronic reporting system in which manufacturers will report to CMS their quarterly ASP calculations.