It seems like every few months I hear about a situation where a company can’t enforce a forum selection clause as anticipated because of how it was drafted. Recently, an individual named Sidharth Lakhani fell victim to this…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
The Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) has been generating a lot of buzz, with private lawsuits and high-profile moves by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But two developments last month may signal that the RPA may be slipping back…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts
In its recent In re Floyd opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision by Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to reject a design applicant’s priority claim to an earlier utility filing for failing…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, No. 23-1039 (S. Ct. June 5, 2025), the US Supreme Court unanimously dispelled the concept of “reverse” discrimination, making clear that discrimination on the basis of a protected…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Health care organizations are under pressure to shore up their cybersecurity response efforts. Much of this pressure is coming from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which has made…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
CEO of Health Care Software Company Convicted of $1 Billion in Medicare Fraud -
A federal jury in Miami convicted Gary Cox, the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC, of six health care-fraud-related counts for his role in a…
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/ Civil Remedies, Consumer Protection, Criminal Law, Health
On June 4, President Trump issued a proclamation that fully bans entry into the United States for certain foreign nationals from 12 countries, and partially banning entry from seven more…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
At a critical stage of the Trump Administration’s aggressive global trade reset, a federal court has struck down a major statutory pylon of the White House trade strategy, potentially depriving President Trump of the most…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
On May 27, Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. (BCBSGA) filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Georgia US District Court, alleging that a group of health care providers, along with their third-party…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Health, Insurance
On April 30, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), approved the use of a gene-edited pig to confer resistance to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), a devastating swine disease…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 12, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees took effect. Often referred to as the “Junk Fees Rule,” the Rule targets hidden, misleading, and deceptive charges and fees imposed by live-event…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Consumer Protection
The European Union (EU) Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has refused to register Thom Browne’s position trademark consisting of four horizontal white stripes placed on the upper left sleeve of garments…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a summary judgment of no design patent infringement in North Star Tech. Int’l Ltd. v. Latham Pool Products, Inc., ruling that the patented and accused pool…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, chaired by US Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released its long-anticipated report on childhood chronic disease drivers. Although the document is…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Health
On May 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 25, “Authorizing Transactions Prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations or Involving Certain Blocked…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
