On Sept. 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration jointly announced a crackdown on deceptive direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising, including promotion...more
9/17/2025
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Despite winning a relatively swift victory in the district court, Tiffany & Co. will not be collecting its $21 million judgment against Costco Wholesale Corp. anytime soon. In a 3-0 decision on Aug. 17, 2020, the U.S. Circuit...more
In a decision addressing issues of first impression concerning Delaware’s use of subpoenas to enforce unclaimed property laws, the Delaware Court of Chancery has quashed the state’s subpoena in its entirety, holding that...more
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2020, decided U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., handing a win to Booking.com and holding that whether a generic term combined with a “.com” domain name results in a generic...more
7/6/2020
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As discussed in our prior article, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) promulgated a final rule on February 25, 2015 that, effective March 27, modified the federal Family and Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA) definition of “spouse”...more
On Feb. 25, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) promulgated a final rule that, effective March 27, modified the federal Family and Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA) definition of “spouse” to extend the FMLA’s protections to...more
Among its many protections, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) affords certain covered workers job-protected leave to care for a spouse who has a serious health condition. Since enactment of the FMLA, the law of...more