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How to Respond to President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order
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Where Does the Cybersecurity Executive Order Hit and Miss the Mark?
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What Next for the NLRB?
Same-Sex Marriage Cases in 90 Seconds
Obama's SCOTUS Shortlist
What to Expect from the Supreme Court During Obama’s Second Term
Presidential administrations have affected intellectual property (IP) policy since the very beginning of United States history. In his first State of the Union address in 1790, President George Washington addressed patents....more
On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34) into law. The act's 312 pages contain a variety of provisions, including nearly $5 billion in funding for scientific research, $1 billion in...more
On Tuesday, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act is a massive piece of legislation that has implications for many different aspects of the interconnected medical research, product...more
On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (Act), one of the most important pieces of health care and life sciences legislation in several decades. The Act is intended to spur the rapid...more
President Barack Obama will be joined today by Vice President Biden, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and other Congressional leaders for the signing ceremony for the 21st Century Cures Act. ...more
President Obama is expected to sign the $6.3 billion 21st Century Cures Act, capping a rare, multi-year, bipartisan push to significantly improve the nation’s health care. The Senate, with Vice President Biden presiding and...more
This week’s election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States undoubtedly impacts many sectors of the American economy, and the bio/pharmaceutical industry is no exception. Two of Trump’s stated policies...more
On October 14, 2016, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced further amendments to ease U.S. sanctions and...more
The Cancer Moonshot Task Force has just released its 5 year plan for implementing President Obama’s “Cancer Moonshot” program (“Report”). The initiative, announced during President Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address, is...more
On July 11, 1969, the United States accomplished the almost unthinkable –two men walking on the moon. Conjuring images of that moon landing, President Obama moved forward the “Cancer Moonshot” program at his January 2016...more
On July 5, 2016, we reported on two letters sent by two Senators and fifteen Representatives to Michael Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR"), seeking clarification regarding the Administration's position on...more
Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries announced, on October 5, 2015, that they had reached an agreement in principle on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP would arguably be the largest free trade agreement...more
Welcome to the May 2014 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This month, on the anticorruption front, Avon Products, Inc. (“Avon”) agrees to pay USD $135 million to settle a...more
On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014 (the Budget). The President reiterated his long-standing goal of reducing the deficit by $4.3 trillion over 10 years and his...more