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Haug Partners LLP

The PTAB’s Overhaul of Its Discretionary Denial Procedures Signals a Pro-Patent Pivot

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Since Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart took office in 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has overhauled its discretionary denial procedures for inter partes reviews (IPRs) and post-grant reviews (PGRs)....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Trump Administration Issues Guidance to Repeal Regulations

On April 9, 2025, the Trump Administration issued guidance that calls for the massive repeal of regulations throughout federal agencies. The guidance cites multiple Supreme Court decisions, including Loper Bright Enterprises...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Guidance on Medicare Payment Rule Enforcement

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A few days before Thanksgiving, the news media published an internal memo by the Office of General Counsel (OGC) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (Department) to officials at the Centers for Medicare and...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order Limiting Agency Use of Informal Guidance Documents

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On October 9, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order aimed to curb agencies, such as CMS, from using informal guidance documents as de facto rules that have the binding effect of law. In a press conference...more

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