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UK Supreme Court steps into line with Europe, but rejects U.S. approach

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 30 2011

The UK’s highest court recently considered the provisions of the European Patent Convention (EPC) centering on the “susceptible of industrial application” requirement in the context of a patent describing a DNA sequence for a new protein, Neutrokine-α, which was a member of a group of similar proteins known as the TNF ligand superfamily

Tribunals and the Court of Justice of the European Union consider whether sick workers can carry over statutory holiday andor holiday pay

  • Jones Day
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 3 2012

In Adams and another v Harwich International Port Ltd, an employment tribunal held that sick workers may carry over their statutory annual leave entitlement until the next leave year (but not necessarily beyond) if unable or unwilling to take it due to sickness or if so required by the employer

Appeals court says international contract requires litigation in England

  • Nexsen Pruet
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 20 2011

A recent court ruling proves the adage - the devil is in the details

Safe for now

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 12 2008

In this article, Jeremy Robinson, Senior Associate in Bird & Bird’s International Competition Group, considers how the fight against cartels will be affected by today’s rulings in the House of Lords

Smith & Nephew PLC settlement illustrates pitfalls of ignoring red flags

  • Jenner & Block
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  • Greece, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 30 2012

A London-based medical device company, Smith & Nephew PLC, has settled an FCPA matter with DOJ and SEC involving bribes to public sector doctors in Greece by U.S. and German subsidiaries of Smith & Nephew

U.K. jumps on “pay-to-delay” bandwagon

  • Fish & Richardson PC
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 24 2013

The U.K. Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") jumped on the "pay-to-delay" bandwagon last week when it issued a "Statement of Objections," indicating a

IP challenges for the personalised medicines industry - gene claims (part 1)

  • Barker Brettell LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 9 2013

When you go to the doctor you expect to be asked a lot of questions about your symptoms and your lifestyle, as the doctor builds up a clinical

Global Pricing Newsletter: volume two

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • China, Global, United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 27 2013

Pharmaceutical and biologic manufacturers operate in an increasingly global economy where legal developments in one market may have cascading impacts

BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

FCPA anti-corruption developments: 2012 end of summer round-up

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • China, France, Global, Haiti, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 10 2012

While the temperatures rose this summer, the number of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions seems to have cooled off for the first time in the last five years

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