Sep 12, 2024 FDA Serves Up a Stricter Enforcement Standard for Celebrities Endorsing Rx Drugs By Jim Czaban Being a celebrity has its challenges. Adding a new one to the list, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued an...
Aug 26, 2024 Third Circuit Decision Provides a Cautionary Tale in Negotiating Future Payment Rights By Bethany D. Simmons Noah Weingarten In MaIlinckrodt PLC v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, No. 23-1111, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a Delaware...
Aug 22, 2024 Adieu, Fake Revie(u)w By Libby O'Neill It’s here! The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC’s) final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials, that is. Some of you may remember...
Aug 21, 2024 Allergan Holding Protects "First-Filed" Parent Patents from Their Misbehaving Patent Offspring By Jonathan B. Thielbar This month, in Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., the Federal Circuit added to the ongoing patent-family drama...
Jul 30, 2024 Another Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Dismiss Cannabis Case By Noah Weingarten Bethany D. Simmons As previously reported here, bankruptcy courts appear increasingly willing to allow debtors with businesses related to the cannabis...
Jul 30, 2024 Reminder from the FTC: Hashing Doesn't Make Data Anonymous By Jessica Lee The FTC published a blog post reminding companies that hashing data is not (on its own) enough to render data anonymous. Hashed IDs and...
Jul 24, 2024 Nasdaq Proposes to Amend Rule to Limit the Ability of Its Hearings Panel to Give SPACs Additional Time to Complete a Business Combination By Giovanni Caruso On July 15, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Nasdaq rule proposal that would amend its rules to...
Jul 12, 2024 SEC Issues Guidance on Material Cybersecurity Incidents By Giovanni Caruso In a continuing effort to regularize the disclosures provided by companies under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K, the U.S Securities and...
Jul 10, 2024 New Illinois Law Mandates Influencers to Compensate Child Participants By Lisa Wiznitzer A new Illinois law that took effect on July 1 mandates that parent influencers compensate their children for appearing in content. This...
Jul 10, 2024 California's Privacy Agency Opens Public Comment for Data Broker Registration Regulations By Allison Cohen Administering the data broker registration process has proven a challenge for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) due to the...
Jul 01, 2024 Bankruptcy Court Allows Secured Creditor to Be Paid from $5 Million Bond and Enforces Default Rate Interest Agreement and Intercreditor Agreement By Noah Weingarten Bethany D. Simmons In In re Flatbush Rho Mezz LLC, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York allowed a secured creditor to be paid the...
Jun 28, 2024 R.I.P. Chevron Deference (1984-2024); Is FDA Newly-Vulnerable to Legal Challenges? By Jim Czaban The Supreme Court on June 28, 2024 put the final nail in the coffin of so-called "Chevron deference," a key judicial doctrine that has...