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Split or “asymmetric” arbitration clauses, commonly referred to as “unilateral option clauses” (“UOCs”), provide one party (or a group of parties, but not all the parties) with the exclusive option to elect between...more
The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief in Newman v. Moore et al. It has been a remarkable feature of the Federal Circuit's suspension of the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman that few have taken a stand publicly on the...more
In I-Mab Biopharma v. Inhibrx, Inc., a trade secret misappropriation case, a federal jury in Delaware sided with the defendants, Inhibrx and its co-founder Brendan Eckelman, on all counts. The jury found no existence of a...more
UPDATE as of 12/24/24: FinCen has updated their website extending the beneficial ownership reporting deadline for reporting companies that were created or registered prior to January 1, 2024, from January 1, 2025, to January...more
FinCEN has extended the reporting deadline for companies created or registered before January 1, 2024, to January 13, 2025. In an alert posted Tuesday night, FinCEN recognized that “reporting companies may need additional...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires most small companies doing business in the United States to disclose information about their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), by January 1,...more
Exeltis USA, Inc. and other parties (Exeltis) recently prevailed against Lupin Ltd. and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Lupin) in a patent infringement suit brought in the District of Delaware. After a three-day bench trial, the...more
In October of 2024, the United States appealed the federal district court’s judgment in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC. In that case, the court held that the statute authorizing...more
As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Treasury from enforcing the Corporate...more
The Continuing Resolution (CR) that was actually passed by Congress on Friday, December 20, 2024, did not contain language extending the reporting deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that was in a previous...more
As a follow-up to our alert on December 23, 2024 that the nationwide injunction related to the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act has been lifted and filings of beneficial ownership information reports by reporting...more
In a recent client alert, we notified clients that on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and...more
As noted in our Dec. 23, 2024, eAlert, filing obligations and enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are again in effect following issuance of an order by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals staying the injunction...more
On Dec. 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the government’s emergency motion for a stay pending appeal against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the case of Texas Top Cop...more
On December 23, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order staying the preliminary injunction imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Last evening, FinCEN issued a...more
As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order granting a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from enforcing the...more
Petitioners filed their opening briefs in the consolidated challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) Final Rule establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels (“MCLs”) and Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (“MCLGs”)...more
On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed a nationwide injunction blocking all enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The Fifth Circuit’s decision effectively reinstates all...more
Following up on our most recent blog post on developments regarding the enforcement date for the CTA, on the afternoon of December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit issued its order staying the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) has handed down a landmark judgment in Justin Le Patourel v BT, the first opt-out competition collective action which went to trial in the United Kingdom (UK). On 19 December...more
In the waning days of the current administration, the antitrust agencies continue to cross items off their holiday wish list. Since the presidential election in November, the antitrust agencies have filed a new merger...more
On December 12, 2024, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and...more
On December 17, 2024, Judge Vince Chhabria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a renewed motion for class certification in a securities action against a majority shareholder of...more
Yesterday afternoon, on December 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a per curiam opinion (signed by Judges Stewart, Hayes and Higginson) staying the preliminary injunction previously entered in the...more
On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 9-8 en banc decision, vacated NASDAQ’s Board Diversity Rules (the “Rules”) in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, finding that the...more
