Ropes & Gray co-sponsored the Opal ABS Summit 2024 in Dana Point, California, on December 4-6, bringing together investors, fund managers, investment bankers, rating agencies and counsel for discussions...

Historically, delayed draw term loans ("DDTLs") were generally seen in the middle market, non-syndicated world of leveraged loans. DDTLs were used in bespoke arrangements ...

The head of the OCC announced at a conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday that banks no longer need to adhere to Leveraged Lending Guidance when providing leveraged financing.

Last Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) delivered an update on its efforts to identify and manage risks from "foreign influence" in research.

The popularity of AIA trial proceedings at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has caused a corresponding nosedive in patent reexamination filings.

Today, the Federal Circuit issued a stay of further Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings pending the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's sovereign immunity appeal.

The sponsors of the promised bill to reform 35 U.S.C. § 101 are struggling to regain earlier momentum.

On the heels of its precedent of a week or so back, the PTAB is adding more to the swirling hairball known as the "Fintiv factors." First, the Board has clarified that agreeing to IPR estoppel...

PTAB Designates Two Older Decisions as Precedential, Updates Hearing Rooms/Notices

A few weeks back I pointed out that the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) had changed its position on whether or not a new RPI designation requires a resetting of the petition filing date.

Today, the USPTO officially launched the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP). LEAP is designed to foster development

As explained earlier this week in a study by my partner Filko Prugo, Orange & Purple Book patents fare no worse at the PTAB than in the courts.

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) along with Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), David Perdue (R-Georgia) introduced...

Today, the USPTO announced revised guidance for subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (here). The USPTO also announced guidance on the application of 35 U.S.C.

On July 1, 2014, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., et al. v. United States ex rel. Carter.

Iain Morpeth, head of Ropes & Gray's international real estate investments & transactions practice, discusses forward funding as a source of construction financing.

On August 6, 2020, the IRS issued proposed regulations (REG-132434-17) limiting the role of contractors hired to assist the IRS in audits, including during summons interviews.

The CFDA expects all device companies to comply with the New GMP and GSP rules as long as they intend to sell the products in China.

On October 31, 2013, The China Food and Drug Administration ("CFDA") promulgated a regulation titled Guiding Principles for the Quality Management of Clinical Studies on Vaccines ("Vaccine GCP"), with immediate effect.

On 5 September 2017, in the case of Bărbulescu v Romania (Application no. 61496/08), the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights reversed a First Chamber decision and found that the Romanian courts, ...