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Recent weeks have seen two significant developments with respect to federal and state laws regulating financial interactions between pharmaceutical and medical device companies and health care providers.

Michael Lampert, Ropes & Gray health care partner, discusses fraud and abuse law application to value-based health care arrangements.

Bill Knowlton, Ropes & Gray health care partner, examines the critically important role of payors in value-based health care programs.

One of the more noteworthy IP law developments of 2019 was the patent subject matter eligibility (35 U.S.C. § 101

Discussing testimony with a witness during a PTAB deposition is a "no-no"….kinda.

For those seeking Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) related CLE/programming this month, the PTAB itself is hosting a Boardside Chat webinar this Thursday,

After Octane Fitness, district courts "may determine whether a case is ‘exceptional' in the case-by-case exercise of their discretion, considering the totality of the circumstances."

Last June, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and several co-sponsors introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act of 2017 ...

Last Friday the USPTO published a notice in the Federal Register entitled: Notice Regarding Options for Amendments

Yesterday, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) designated one new precedential case, and four informative decisions directed to printed publication analyses.

Appeals from the PTAB have now become a major component of the Federal Circuit's docket. Given the deferential "substantial evidence" standard accorded PTAB decisions, upward of 60% of such appeals are simply affirmed ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is increasing Patent and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) fees for a second time in three years.

The AIA statutes provide that a person who is not the owner of a patent, can challenge the patent at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB).

On October 30, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published an advisory to highlight sanctions risks arising from dealings in high-value artwork...

Last February, David Sills, a 7th grade quarterback at Delaware’s Red Lion Christian Academy, made a verbal commitment to attend the University of Southern California.

EU policy makers recently reached a provisional agreement on a package of measures, which may tighten UK financial services firms' access to EU clients when Britain leaves the EU...

In a move to support British innovative industry, Sam Gyimah, the UK IP Minister, announced today, April 26, 2018, that the UK has ratified the UPC Agreement, making it the sixteenth country...

The UK Government has produced a series of technical notices explaining what businesses might need to do if there is a "no deal" Brexit.