ArticleREMINDER: October 15 Is The Deadline For Prescription Drug Notices And The Extended Deadline For Form 5500sDoes your company's health plan provide prescription drug coverage.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesVenable LLP
ArticleEqual Pay: Revisiting Federal Contractor Compensation Practices And PoliciesPresident Barack Obama signed an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum intended to engender pay equality for women and minorities.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorVenable LLP
ArticleExpiration Of The Green Technology Pilot ProgramThe Green Technology Pilot Program of the U.S. PTO offers a route for applicants to expedite examination of patent applications, as set forth on the web site of the U.S. PTO and in the Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 234, at page 64666, Vol. 75, No. 98, at page 28554, and No. 217, at page 69049. United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleFederal Circuit: Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your AppealOn April 19, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court’s judgment of invalidity because the defendant had not cross-appealed invalidity in a prior appeal involving the defendant’s winning judgment of non-infringement. United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleKirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons: How The Supreme Court Will Decide The Fate Of eBay, Libraries, And Yard SalesThe Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments concerning the global reach of domestic copyright law. United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleNonprofit Websites: No Copyright Infringement Safe Harbor For Content Posted By Third Parties If Not Following DMCA FormalitiesTo be clear, not every website operator will always be able to take advantage of the Section 512(c) safe harbor. United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleSmells Like Infringement: Court's Refusal To Dismiss Copyright And Trademark Claims Makes Nirvana SmileOn November 8, 2019, a federal judge denied a motion by Defendant Marc Jacobs International LLC and other defendants to dismiss Plaintiff Nirvana LLC's copyright and trademark ...United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleTrade Secret Legislation May Increase Infringement Claims And Lead To A Private Right Of ActionCongress recently took new steps to protect trade secrets.United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleFMC Approves Proposed Rewrite Of OTI RegulationsRecently, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with reforming the Ocean Transportation Intermediaries rules.United StatesInternational LawVenable LLP
ArticleCountdown To The SEF Trading Mandate For IRS - What To Do NowAs we recently reported here, there have been a number of appellate decisions ordering class certification based on the existence of an employer’s companywide policy – all while overlooking numerous individualized questions that would undoubtedly create manageability problems during trial. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationVenable LLP
ArticleFive Credit Counseling Compliance Tips And Best Practices For The New YearWith the start of the New Year, it's time for credit counseling agencies to think about ways to enhance legal and regulatory compliance. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationVenable LLP
ArticleGovernment Puts In-House Counsel in its Cross-HairsConfirming recent statements by Department of Justice ("DOJ") and Food & Drug Administration ("FDA") officials that the government will increasingly target individual executives for criminal prosecution, DOJ has indicted a former Associate General Counsel for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK") on two counts of obstruction of justice and four counts of making false statements during an FDA investigation. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationVenable LLP
ArticleThird Circuit Upholds Federal Cyberstalking LawAccording to the opinion, the case begins with Yung's application to Georgetown Law.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationVenable LLP
ArticleBad Behavior By Opposing Counsel Not The End Of The Case In 7th CircuitIn Reliable Money Order, Inc. v. McKnight Sales Co., Inc., decided last week, the Seventh Circuit declined to overturn class certification of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act junk fax suit, despite class counsel obtaining discovery from a third party in one case and using it to spawn a series of other TCPA cases. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentVenable LLP
ArticleCome For The Game; Stay For The Commercials: Celebrities Dominate Super BowlEvery year, we look forward to the Super Bowl. For the commercials. Our friends and family laugh at us, but they get it since advertising law is what we do.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentVenable LLP
ArticleDistrict Court To New York Attorney General: "No Personal Jurisdiction Piggybacking"This week, a New York district court, in FTC v. Quincy Bioscience Holding Co., granted an individual defendant's partial motion for summary judgment, dismissing claims brought by the New York...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentVenable LLP
ArticleDon’t Let The Stars In Your Eyes Blind You To The Risks Of Celebrity Ad CampaignsIt’s the time of year when we Americans honor the Stars and Stripes, but people all over the world get starry-eyed over celebrities. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentVenable LLP
ArticleEndorsements From Regular People Are Powerful, But Mind The FTC's GuidelinesA recent AdWeek article highlighted a significant decline in the use of celebrity endorsers in television commercials.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentVenable LLP
ArticleFCC Adopts Video Service All-In Pricing RulesOn March 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules that require cable television operators and satellite video providers to specify the aggregate monthly all-in price...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentVenable LLP