May 30, 2023 Looking Beyond the Privacy Policy: Regulatory Scrutiny of Dark Patterns in User Interfaces By Christine Lyon Christine Chong This article was originally published in the May 2023 edition of the CPI TechREG Chronicles. WHAT IS MEANT BY “DARK PATTERNS” IN THE...
May 30, 2023 Key Takeaways from the 21st Annual Biomed Israel Conference By Ben Cohen The 21st annual Biomed Israel Conference, attended by thousands of industry leaders from 45 countries, presented a juxtaposition of...
May 24, 2023 Ongoing Initiatives at the USPTO and FDA and Their Potential Impact on the Life Sciences Industry in the United States By Kristen Riemenschneider Jeff Jay Jake Silvers In the past few months, proposals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) have drawn the attention of organizations,...
May 23, 2023 FTC v. Amgen/Horizon: FTC’s Pursuit of a Novel Theory Signals Greater Scrutiny on the Horizon for Pharmaceutical Mergers By Laura Onken Meredith Mommers Katie Kissinger On May 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Amgen Inc.’s purchase of Horizon Therapeutics plc, showing that the agency...
May 23, 2023 2023 ACC Life Sciences Conference: Structuring Considerations for Biotechs By Jeff Jay Jake Silvers The Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its annual Life Sciences Conference from May 9-11, 2023, which featured presentations from a...
May 23, 2023 New York Attorney General Proposes Novel Crypto Legislation By Timothy Howard Brock Dahl Scott Eisman Andrew Bulovsky Adam Silow +2 more... Show less Earlier this month, New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed the Crypto, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight Act (CRPTO Act)...
May 19, 2023 Supreme Court Resets Aiding and Abetting Liability Threshold in Anti-Terrorism Act Cases By Timothy Harkness Scott Eisman Adam Rosenfeld Rebecca Curwin Noelle Williams Nathan Hembree Daniel Hodgkinson +4 more... Show less Since 2016, plaintiffs have used increasingly aggressive “aiding and abetting” theories to make Anti-Terrorism Act claims against...
May 17, 2023 PCAOB Publishes Staff Priorities for 2023 Inspections By Brian Lewis Taylor Todd The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) conducts periodic inspections of registered public accounting firms (PCAOB Firms)...
May 11, 2023 SCOTUS Clarifies that the FSIA Provides Immunity to Sovereigns in Only Civil Cases, but Suggests Common-Law Immunity to Prosecution May Still Apply By David Livshiz Elliot Friedman Timothy Howard Kimberly Zelnick Scott Eisman Adam Silow +3 more... Show less On April 19, 2023, the United States Supreme Court in Turkiye Halk Bankasi v. United States held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities...
May 10, 2023 If You Buy, Tell Us Why (and When, and How): SEC Adopts New Share Repurchase Disclosure Requirements By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Jeremy Barr Taryn Zucker Shira Oyserman Daniel Fox Lauren Lee +4 more... Show less The crackdown on stock buybacks continues. On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final amendments to rules...
May 10, 2023 ASSA ABLOY case unlocked by rare mid-trial settlement By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Angela Landry Edward Rawlinson On May 5, 2023, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) reached a settlement with ASSA ABLOY AB (ASSA ABLOY), requiring it...
May 03, 2023 Major No-Poach Loss Leads to Uncertainty in DOJ’s Criminal Antitrust Agenda By Bruce McCulloch Meredith Mommers Kara King On April 28, 2023, a federal judge dismissed the third no-poach criminal case the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had taken to trial. ...