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View All » FTC v. Actavis, Inc. On June 17, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed an appeals court’s ruling which held that a routine agreement to settle a patent dispute does not violate federal antitrust law. In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that if a patent holder... More Case Detail Commonwealth of Kentucky ex rel. Conway v. GlaxoSmithKline On June 14, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted the parties’ stipulated request to dismiss a lawsuit originally filed by the Kentucky Attorney General as a parens patiae suit in state court. The case raised... More Case Detail Medtronic, Inc. v. Stengel On June 13, 2013, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to rule that federal law preempts state-law product liability suits challenging the design or labeling of medical devices that FDA has determined to be safe and effective. WLF... More Case Detail Norse Energy Corp. USA v. Town of Dryden On June 11, 2013, WLF filed a brief in the New York State Court of Appeals urging it to review (and ultimately overturn) a decision that threatens to allow New York municipalities to use zoning ordinances to ban oil and gas exploration, despite the... More Case Detail View All » A Requester-Pay Default: Common-Sense Discovery Reform Can Reduce Undesirable Litigation Incentives By Rebecca A. Womeldorf, a partner with the law firm Hollingsworth LLP. More Publication Detail... Data Breaches: Litigation Strategies And Compliance Management By Arti Sangar, a partner in the Dubai office of the law firm Diaz Reus, LLP. More Publication Detail... Ohio Consumer Class Actions No Longer Mired In (Low-) Tar Pit? By Anne Marie Sferra, a partner, and Kara Herrnstein, an associate, with the law firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP, based in Columbus, Ohio. More Publication Detail... Shale Drilling In Ohio: A Case Study In Balancing Public And Private Interests By Michael J. Zimmer, Senior Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Thompson Hine LLP. More Publication Detail... View All » June 13, 2013 | 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. EST Good Manufacturing Practice Deficiencies: Federal Health Care Enforcers’ Next False Claims Act Target? Edward T. Kang, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP Cathy L. Burgess, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP   View All » June 25, 2013 | 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. EST The U.S. Supreme Court: Reviewing the October 2012 Term The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, K&L Gates LLP Neil Katyal, Hogan Lovells LLP Ashley C. Parrish, King & Spalding LLP Eric Grannon, White & Case LLP   View All » May 20, 2013 Eat, Drink and Be Sued

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