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US Sues Novartis for Alleged Pharmacy Kickback Scheme

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 4/30/2013

Swiss drug maker Novartis has been sued by a U.S. Attorney for allegedly paying kickbacks to pharmacies that converted thousands of patients to one of its drugs. The civil fraud suit accuses the company of disguising the...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2013

by Sarah Bro, Melissa Nott Davis, Paul Devinsky, Susan Evans, Raymond M. Gabriel, D. Jeremy Harrison, Donna M. Haynes, Sungyong “David” In, John Low, Ulrika Mattsson, Christopher May, more +Christina Ondrick, Alexander P. Ott, Philip Ou, Sara Sunderland, Rose S. Whelan, Bruce Yen, Rita Yoon | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/29/2013

In This Issue: Supreme Court - Supreme Court Finds That “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Patents - Joint Actors as It Relates to Method Claim Infringement; Federal Circuit Ruling Clears Way...more

Will News Corp. Executives and Reporters Be Charged with Criminal Violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

by Nick Akerman on 7/22/2011

The New York Times recently reported that the UK telephone hacking scandal could result in News Corp. and its executives being charged in the United States with criminal violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Title...more

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 9, Issue 1 - Winter 2011

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/1/2011

Inside this issue: 1 Considerations for Software Patent Claims in the United States, Europe, and Canada 1 Where (and Even When) Does KSR Belong in Obviousness Arguments? 11 While Not Right for Every Invention, Trade...more