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Skilled in the Art: Jenner & Block Poaches From 2 Firms to Start ITC Group + Should I Be Stayed or Should I Go From the WD-Texas + Another Showdown at the Alsup Corral

Even in the midst of lateral hiring season, a Jenner & Block IP hiring move this week stands out. The firm has simultaneously brought in Mark Davis and Ron Pabis from Goodwin Procter and Alex Hadjis from Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Former PTO Judges Find New Roles at Biotech Startup, Ropes & Gray

Philip Hoffmann will litigate America Invents Act trials at Ropes while Scott Kamholz will oversee all aspects of IP at Tessera Therapeutics.
3 minute read

Law.com

Could IP Actually Soothe U.S.-China Tensions? + Gearing Up for February's Patent-Palooza + W&C, Paul Hastings, Latham Will Defend COVID IP Suits

A presidential transition following three years of trade wars. A clash of jurisdictions between the Eastern District of Texas and the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court of Hubei Province. It's hard to imagine a more timely conference than "Transnational IP Litigation at a Time of Trade Tension," jointly presented this week and next by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and Beijing's Tsinghua University.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Longtime MoFo IP Litigator Jumps to Kilpatrick Townsend

The firm's deep roots in San Francisco and in intellectual property helped it check all the boxes, Wesley Overson says.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Did Boies Schiller Represent Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes or Not?

The Theranos fraud case is the latest to attempt to untangle the blurred lines of attorney-client privilege in white-collar investigations.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Circuit Tries to Wrap Its Arms Around Functional Biotech Patent Claims

The court signaled this week that Amgen may have claimed its cholesterol-fighting antibodies too broadly. But one judge suggested it might be time for the court to rethink its law of enablement.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

J&J Subsidiary, Investment Firm Agree to $11.5M Whistleblower Settlement Over Cancer Treatment Marketing

The settlement stems from claims brought under the False Claims Act that attorneys from Philadelphia-based Ross Feller Casey initially filed before the government joined the suit.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Having Fun While Growing the Practice: A Q&A With McDermott's New IP Chief

Silicon Valley life science litigator Bill Gaede took over as McDermott, Will & Emery's global IP chair in September.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Pharma Comes Out Swinging for More PTO Discretion Over AIA Trials

Leading pharmaceuticals and biotechs, plus a few industrial companies and a long list of inventors, told the House and Senate Judiciary committees Monday that the PTO is doing the right thing by deferring to rocket docket district court litigation.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Recent CCPA Amendment Brings Welcome Clarifications, But Also New Obligations Around De-Identified Patient Data

The amendment brings welcome clarification for healthcare, research and life sciences stakeholders, as it eliminates many of the ambiguities related to research uses of personal information found in the prior version of CCPA.
7 minute read

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