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Court concerned about scope of patent covering millions of antibodies

During oral argument in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi on Monday, the justices explored how to write an opinion on patent enablement when the parties agree on almost everything about the legal standard.  “Enablement” is the requirement that a patent must enabl

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Court seems reluctant to extend ban on concurrent sentences in Armed Career Criminal Act

Tuesday’s argument in Lora v. United States suggested that Efrain Lora, a Bronx man convicted of killing a rival drug dealer, is likely to get his re-sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act. The larger question is whether the court’s op

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Venue is a platypus, a mixed-up animal

At the oral argument in Smith v. United States, there was no dispute that in the tradition of both English and U.S. law, venue was a fact issue presented to juries, and decided as part of their general verdict of guilty or not guilty. Thus,... The post Ve

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How The EU’s New Data Laws Could Affect American Health Tech Companies

In the EU, there is a widespread distrust of American tech companies, according to a recent conference presentation by an international healthcare lawyer. Because of this, the EU has established a number of new laws protecting its citizens' data privacy a

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