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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | Global, USA | 11 Sep 2023
2023 Proxy Season Review: Part 1 - Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals
As SEC restrictions on shareholder proposals loosen, voted shareholder Proposals reach another all-time high and continue sharp shift away from…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 5 Sep 2023
On the Erstwhile Presumption Against Preemption, the Third Circuit Sticks Out Like a Sore Thumb
As we’ve discussed before, the United States Supreme Court, in Puerto Rico v. Franklin-California Tax-Free Trust, 579 U.S. 115 (2016), sent the…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 22 Aug 2023
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal: Serial Certification Attempts Abusive
In Abbott Laboratories, Ltd. v Spicer, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal permanently stayed a proposed class action that was the last of five proposed…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 4 Aug 2023
Federal Court affirms OSIP decision to not list STELARA® on Patent Register
The Federal Court in Janssen Inc. v. Canada (Health), 2023 FC 870 dismissed Janssen’s application for judicial review of the decision of the Office…
Global Competition Review | USA | 28 Jul 2023
Status of Reverse Payment Cases against Pharmaceutical Companies
Reverse payment cases arise in the context of settlement agreements between brand-name pharmaceutical companies and generic drug manufacturers to…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 12 Jun 2023
Medical Monitoring - 50-State Survey
As we mentioned in our recent American Law Institute ("ALI") medical monitoring post, the other side is engaged in an ongoing attempt to ram…
Bennett Jones LLP | Canada | 15 May 2023
The Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds the Use of “Powerful” Epidemiological Data to Infer Causation in the Absence of Scientific Certainty
The Court of Appeal for Ontario in Levac v James, 2023 ONCA 73 [Levac] has unanimously upheld a trial judgment in a common issues trial regarding an…
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | USA | 21 Apr 2023
D. Mass. Patent Litigation Update: March 2023
This is part of a series of articles discussing recent orders of interest issued in patent cases by the United States District Court for the District…
Akerman LLP | USA | 18 Apr 2023
False Claims Act 2022 in Review
The U.S. government continued to earn its longstanding reputation for its vigorous enforcement of the False Claims Act (FCA) in 2022, either…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 10 Apr 2023
Live Free, or at Least Have a Present Injury
One of the most fundamental limitations on tort liability - all tort liability - is that a plaintiff must suffer an injury before s/he can bring a…
