Handling the Texas Supreme Court’s Public Information | Osler McCarthy | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
While romance might be viewed as a personal matter, an employee falling for a romance scam can have a direct impact on an organization’s bottom line. Not only could their performance suffer, but a criminal may try to steal...more
There are many situations where you may need to share information with your competitors – for example, in the context of research and development agreements, joint commercialization agreements or joint bidding arrangements....more
An estimated 82% of the data breaches that occurred in 2022 involved human error or intentional misconduct. That’s why organizations need to be diligent in protecting their data from both internal and external threats. One...more
The Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board (Soil Board) is responsible for the abatement and prevention of pollution resulting from agricultural or silvicultural nonpoint source pollution in the state of Texas, as...more
On December 19, 2019, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) released guidance detailing the process to be followed by companies that choose to submit confidential treatment applications. In March...more
In a significant decision for Government contractors, the Supreme Court has expanded the types of “commercial or financial information” that are “confidential,” and therefore exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of...more
When a Florida federal court recently rejected a hospital system’s attempt to keep its physician compensation data private, despite a claim that the information constituted a trade secret, healthcare employers across the...more
Federal Circuit Summary - Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: References were sufficiently accessible to the public to constitute printed publication prior art...more
• The American Bar Association (ABA), on March 6, 2018, issued Formal Opinion 480, which specifically examines confidentiality obligations for lawyer blogging and other public commentary. • Notably, the opinion recites the...more
Do you trust your government (and what it does with your tax dollars)? If you answered, “No”—or even hesitated a bit—then you probably believe in government transparency. In Texas, a key to open government for citizens and...more
In what appears to be the first appellate decision since the Supreme Court’s December 2016 ruling in Salman v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed an insider-trading conviction based on a...more
Neovasc began its business relationship with CardiAQ in June, 2009, by providing services and supplies for the development of CardiAQ’s TMVI heart valve device. Though the relationship lasted only 10 months, the parties...more