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Litigators of the Week: Cravath and Latham Defeat the FTC's Antitrust Challenge to Tie-Up Between Illumina and GRAIL

Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell rejected the FTC's position that the deal would hurt competition in the burgeoning market for multi-cancer early detection tests, handing a win to Illumina's team at Cravath and GRAIL's at Latham.
12 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Genomics Company Files Patent Suit Against Competitor

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Wilmer Guides Moderna in COVID IP Fight Against Pfizer, BioNTech

Bill Lee, the lead lawyer in Moderna's complaint, had previously represented Pfizer in a $2.15 billion settlement with generic drug makers.
3 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Hologic Comes From Behind to Win on Assignor Estoppel + Juror Homework Puts Kibosh on Apple AirPods Trial

Minerva Surgical won a Supreme Court decision last year narrowing the doctrine of assignor estoppel, but it wasn't enough to unwind a $5 million jury verdict at CAFC.
7 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: What's Top of Mind for the Federal Circuit Bar Association's New Prez? + The Teachers Unions (and Sovereign Wealth Funds) Behind VLSI Technology

Knobbe Martens partner Joe Reisman has his eyes on a crush of appeals that is heading toward the DC-based appellate court.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Most Contentious Issue: Tillis Takes Another Stab at Rewriting Patent Eligibility Law

A former PTO director and a former Federal Circuit judge hailed the legislation as providing clarity and predictability in a contentions area of law. An attorney for a tech industry trade group warned that, as written, the bill would roll back advances against abusive patent litigation.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How a Lawyer Revived a Suit for Family Allegedly Victimized by Flawed Paternity DNA Test

Shield's affidavit included the statement, "I raised (Wilson) without child support and spent years not knowing how the DNA paternity test showed that (Heck) was not my son's father."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Deal Veteran Joins ANI Pharmaceuticals as Legal Chief

"Meredith [Cook] is an accomplished attorney with demonstrated leadership and expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, and will no doubt play an important role in the company's continued growth," CEO Nikhil Lalwani said.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Did the Federal Circuit Just Issue the 'Most Restrictive Patent Eligibility Decision Yet'?

Latham and Goodwin Procter persuaded the Federal Circuit that CareDx patents for detecting organ transplant rejection are invalid because they apply a natural law using conventional techniques. Weil Gotshal argues that the patented techniques are anything but conventional, and that the decision will "suffocate innovation in the life-saving arts."
3 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: The Discovery Rule Is Alive and Well, So Long as You Don't Take the Supreme Court Too Literally + A Former Federal Circuit Clerk Is Nominated to the District Court Bench

Ninth Circuit Judge Kim Wardlaw wrote in Starz v. MGM that if the statute of limitations doesn't accrue until copyright infringement is discovered, then the three-year damages period shouldn't start till then either. That sets up a split with the Second Circuit.
11 minute read

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