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[Webinar] Exclusively Life Sciences Series - CREATES Act: What we've learned so far and recommendations for the industry -...

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In late 2019, Congress enacted the “CREATES Act”, which established a private right of action in which generic or biosimilar manufacturers may sue an innovator for an injunction and monetary award for not selling samples of...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Reinstates Injunction Against Texas Social Media Law

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In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s stay of a temporary injunction in NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton, a closely watched case involving a novel Texas law purporting to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Peculiar “Personnel-ity” of California Personnel File Inspection Laws

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Within the last few years, the California Legislature has amended laws related to an employee’s right to inspect personnel records, intending to ensure employees have access to those records. Since then,...more

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2016 DTSA: Providing Manufacturers with New Avenues to Protect Trade Secrets

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On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), which provides a federal civil cause of action to manufacturers for the misappropriation and theft of trade secrets under the...more

Bracewell LLP

It's No Secret: Employment & Federal Considerations in New Trade Secrets Law

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On May 11, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA). The result of rare bipartisan support, the DTSA was passed unanimously by the Senate and by a 410-2 vote by the House last month. It...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"New Federal Trade Secrets Act Becomes Law"

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA, or Act) into law. The DTSA, among other things, amends the Economic Espionage Act to create, for the first time, a federal private civil...more

McAfee & Taft

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: Implications for business, employers and employees

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On April 27, 2016, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which President Obama promises to sign soon. This proposed legislation, which is designed to be an expansion of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, would...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

President Expected to Sign New Federal Trade Secret Law

After years of debate and multiple versions proposed, withdrawn, revised and debated by both Houses of Congress, legislation that would for the first time federalize trade secrets law is headed to the White House for...more

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U.S. Congress Creates Federal Cause of Action for Trade Secret Misappropriation

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For the first time in this nation’s history, the U.S. will have a federal trade secrets law that allows private citizens to enforce their trade secrets and sue for damages. On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, the U.S. House of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Ringing in the New Year in 2013: California’s Homeowner’s Bill of Rights Law Takes Effect

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Dubbed as the “Homeowner’s Bill of Rights,” on July 11, 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 278/SB 900 marking the first U.S. state to adopt into law the residential mortgage foreclosure reform principles...more

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