November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
'CRISPR' and the Future of HumanityA gene-splicing patent worth billions of dollars has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and marks the last big interference case under old patent rules.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Trump's Litigious StartPresident Donald Trump faced lawsuits just days into his presidency that touched key components of his agenda.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
New York's New Cybersecurity RulesNew rules enacted for financial services companies who do business in New York set minimum standards for data protection from hacking and data breaches.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Year in Mass TortsA series of defense verdicts and reversals gave defendants the upper hand in 2017.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Equifax Hack and Class ActionsThe fallout from the Equifax data breach was fast and swift. The loss of personally identifiable data affected more than 145.5 million Americans.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Uber's Regulatory and Litigation HeadachesThe ride-hailing company underwent massive changes in 2017 and regularly found itself in the spotlight from regulatory and enforcement agencies for its business practices.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Pharma Under Fire: Investigations and LitigationIn response to the opioid abuse epidemic, U.S. Justice Department officials launched a crackdown on "pill mills" that illicitly distribute large quantities of prescription painkillers.
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Big Law and Trump. Who Decamped for Key Posts?Which law firms did Trump draw to fill leadership gigs at the White House, the U.S. Justice Department and other regulatory agencies?
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October 23, 2017 | The Recorder
Hot Topics at the USPTO: A Conversation with Baker Botts' Eliot WilliamsLaw.com IP reporter Scott Graham breaks down some hot topics at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with Eliot Williams, an IP partner at Baker Botts.
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October 04, 2017 | National Law Journal
Marcia Coyle on Roberts, Kennedy and GerrymanderingMarcia Coyle, the National Law Journal's chief Washington correspondent, offers insight about the U.S. Supreme Court's argument Tuesday in the partisan redistricting case Gill v. Whitford.
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