31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program - Charitable Donation Enforcement Actions
Transaction Monitoring Under the FCPA
Seventh Circuit Jumps Ahead of SCOTUS, Rules Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Exempt from Overtime—Jackson Lewis’ Noel Tripp
To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more
On August 16, 2021, the Federal Circuit handed down two rulings related to patents issued to Teva, which involve therapeutic antibodies targeting a calcitonin gene-related peptide (“CGRP”). In both cases, the Federal Circuit...more
In Washington: The Trump administration will pay Eli Lilly $375 million to supply 300,000 doses of its experimental antibody drug to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. If the Food and...more
UPDATE: On September 30, 2020, Eli Lilly appealed both decisions by Justice St-Louis: Eli Lilly v Apotex (A-234-20 and A-239-20); Eli Lilly v Pharmascience and Riva (A-236-20); Eli Lilly v Mylan (A-237-20); and Eli Lilly v...more
When is a rose not a rose? When it is a charitable donation not made for philanthropic purposes and violates the FCPA. This was a feature of the Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) FCPA enforcement action brought by the SEC in...more
On November 20, 2019, the Federal Court (FC) issued its reconsideration decision on the quantum of damages owed by Apotex for its infringement of eight Eli Lilly process patents related to the antibiotic cefaclor: Eli Lilly...more
The UK Supreme Court rarely hears patent cases, and will only hear cases that it considers to be fundamentally important. The court's July 12 judgment is most significant for changing the test for infringement in the United...more
Don’t want your patent invalidated? Then you should diligently vet any promissory language in that patent because, as the following cases illustrate, such language raises significant risks of patent invalidation on the basis...more
Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more
In the last few years, several Latin American countries and the United States have increased their focus on anti-corruption matters. This article will survey some of the most significant recent public anti-corruption...more