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Latest articles
PMPRB issues first vaccines pricing decision
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
In a decision dated December 21, 2009 (and published on the PMRPB website on January 28, 2010) the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board ("PMPRB") decided the merits of the matter of Sanofi Pasteur Limited and the medicines Quadracel and Pentacel, which are multi-component vaccines designed to protect against multiple diseases.
ASIC on schemes of arrangement
Blake Dawson
ASIC has released an updated Regulatory Guide 60: Schemes of arrangement (RG 60).
VAT Tribunal has jurisdiction to deal with public law grounds as well as the merits of a tax appeal
Herbert Smith LLP
In Oxfam v HM Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 3078 (Ch) the Court (Sales J) held that the statutory jurisdiction of the VAT & Duties Tribunal (the Tribunal) could extend to public law issues, such that it was not necessary for Oxfam to bring separate judicial review proceedings to raise a challenge based on substantive legitimate expectation.
China adopts Tort Liability Law
Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
In December 2009 the PRC government adopted the Tort Law, which outlines the standards for tort liability and mitigating factors, product liability standards, liability for automobile accidents (Articles 48-53), liability for medical malpractice (Articles 54-64), liability for environmental damage (Articles 65-68), liability for hazardous products and activities (Articles 69-77), liability caused by persons who raise animals (Articles 78-84), and liability for damages caused by the collapse of structures or buildings (Articles 85-91).
FY 2011 H-1B petitions may be filed on April 1, 2010
Ogletree Deakins
The filing period for “new” H1B petitions to be counted against the annual H1B quota (“H1B cap”) for Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011) begins on April 1, 2010
Inevitable disclosure of nooks and crannies
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
When explaining to lay people what we do, trade secret practitioners often use the classic examples of the formula for Coca-Cola or KFC's secret recipe of eleven herbs and spices.
Class actions – latest developments
Herbert Smith LLP
On 2 December 2009 the government published a consultation on the Role and Powers of the Consumer Advocate, the new "consumer champion" that the government announced in its Consumer White Paper in July 2009.
The AML/CFT handbook for regulated financial services business
Ogier
On 23 December 2009 the Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") published an additional trust company business section (the "Section") to its Handbook for the Prevention and Detection of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (the "Handbook").
Mr Justice Jackson, I presume? The report is here and could be good news for defendants (or at least worse news for claimant lawyers...)?
Bevan Brittan LLP
With growing tension, many claimant PI lawyers will have read Mr Justice Jackson's final report on costs - published on 14 January on-line - wondering if life will ever be the same.
FCC adopts video distribution complaint mechanism for terrestrially-delivered programming
Patton Boggs LLP
The FCC adopted an order to close the terrestrially-delivered loophole for vertically integrated programming.