Expiring patents can be a catalyst for M&A in the life sciences industry as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies seek to maintain revenue streams and competitive advantages. In this edition of Beyond the Deal, our...more
4/14/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
Competition ,
Generic Drugs ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Patent Expiration ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs
The “The Age of AI – Sports and Sports Betting” Webinar offered a brief overview of how generative AI (“GenAI”) works and how AI is being used or is planning to be used in the sports and sports betting industries, and...more
“At Proskauer, we had the privilege of a front row seat at sports betting’s “first pitch,” which was the strategic alliance we worked on between The Stars Group (TSG) and FOX to form FOX Bet. At least in the US, we are still...more
In late March, the French Data Protection Authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (“CNIL”) released a model regulation (the “Model Regulation”) governing the use of biometric access controls in the...more
Unwanted robocalls reportedly totaled 26.3 billion calls in 2018, sparking more and more consumer complaints to the FCC and FTC and increased legislative and regulatory activity to combat the practice. Some automated calls...more
4/9/2019
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
FCC ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Robocalling ,
Spoofing ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Wireless Industry
On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures (the "Guidance") to assist public companies in meeting...more
3/6/2018
/ Anti-Fraud Provisions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Guidance Update ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Disclosure ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation FD ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
This month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance on privacy and security best practices for health-related mobile apps, such as fitness apps connected with wearables, diet and weight loss apps, and health...more
4/19/2016
/ App Developers ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Wearable Technology
Oregon became the first state to adopt the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (“Revised UFADAA”) when Governor Kate Brown signed Oregon Senate Bill 1554 into law on March 3, 2016. The law will become...more
On November 6, 2015, one month after the European Court of Justice decision that invalidated the Safe Harbor framework, the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued a Communication setting forth its position on...more
In a non-binding opinion issued on September 23, 2015, an Advocate General for the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) recommended that the ECJ suspend the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program (“Safe Harbor”) and reexamine whether the...more
9/29/2015
/ Advocate General ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Connecticut has joined a list of twenty-one states with a statute designed to preserve the privacy of personal online accounts of employees and limit the use of information related to such accounts in employment...more
7/9/2015
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Data Privacy ,
Email ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Legislation ,
Passwords ,
Personal Data ,
Social Media ,
User Names
On February 3, 2015, European data protection regulators released the Cookie Sweep Combined Analysis Report analyzing how websites use cookies to collect data from European citizens and highlighting noncompliance with Article...more