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Eligibility Cannot be Raised in IPR Appeal

Neptune Generics v. Eli Lilly (Fed. Cir. 2019)Mylan Labs v. Eli Lilly (Fed. Cir. 2019) This appeal combines twelve different inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. In each case, the PTAB Board sided with the patentee — holding that the claims of … Continue reading

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Questions are raised about investors' profit expectations

By Rodney F. Tonkovic, J.D.A Fifth Circuit panel remanded a civil enforcement action after finding that there was an issue of fact as to whether partnership interests were really securities. The panel concluded that there were issues of material fact … Continue reading

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As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

The New York Times: “For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records … Continue reading

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Based on an issue not raised by the parties, and avoiding constitutional questions, Supreme Court allows for some access to social media by criminal defendants

In Facebook Inc. v. Superior Court (Hunter), the Supreme Court today holds that federal law — the Stored Communications Act — does not bar Facebook and other social media service providers from complying with criminal defendants’ demand for “communications configured … Continue reading

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"Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse/ Eric Schneiderman has raised his profile as a voice against sexual misconduct."

"Now, after suing Harvey Weinstein, he faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own," write Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker.Eric Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general, has long been a liberal Democratic champion of women’s rights… Now Schneiderman … Continue reading

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