Life Sciences

  • October 07, 2025

    Holland & Knight Adds Ex-EPA GC As Team Co-Chair In DC

    Tampa, Florida-headquartered Holland & Knight LLP has hired as its new co-chair of the national environmental practice a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner who served as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's general counsel during Donald Trump's first term and as the top attorney in Florida's Department of Environmental Protection.

  • October 07, 2025

    Ex-Sprinter Gets 18 Mos. For Doping Scheme, COVID-19 Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a former Olympic-level sprinter to 18 months in prison Tuesday, after he admitted to scheming to provide track stars with doping substances, and also to applying for fraudulent COVID-19 era business loans.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Pressed To Overturn TM Denial Of Dark Green Gloves

    Surgical glove manufacturer PT Medisafe Technologies has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to wipe out a precedential Federal Circuit decision rejecting the company's attempt to claim a trademark for dark green surgical gloves, arguing that "thousands of such marks" have been registered.

  • October 06, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Examines $41.8M Seagen Cancer Drug Patent Case

    With a $41.8 million infringement verdict against Daiichi Sankyo at stake, a Federal Circuit panel Monday grappled with whether a Seagen breast cancer treatment patent adequately described the claimed invention and would enable a skilled person to use it.

  • October 06, 2025

    Supplement Co. Sold Soviet-Era Drug As Sleep Aid, Suit Says

    An addict in recovery hit Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. with a proposed class action on Friday in Georgia federal court alleging that he bought a sleep aid sold as a dietary supplement that actually contains a dangerous, addictive sedative first developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s.

  • October 06, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Vacates J&J's $20M Loss Over Patent Ownership

    The Federal Circuit freed Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes from a $20 million infringement verdict on Monday, saying the orthopedic surgeon suing it didn't own the asserted knee replacement patents.

  • October 06, 2025

    Gilead Gets HIV Generic Drugs Barred From Market Until 2036

    Gilead Sciences Inc. said Monday it is keeping generic forms of its HIV treatment Biktarvy off of the market until 2036 following a series of settlements with competitors.

  • October 06, 2025

    2 Firms To Lead Humana Investor Suit Over Post-COVID Costs

    Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP and The Rosen Law Firm will co-lead consolidated shareholder derivative claims against healthcare giant Humana Inc. alleging its brass made the company downplay the "pent-up demand" that pushed up patient utilization rates on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • October 06, 2025

    Neuriva 'Brain Health' Products Don't Work, Class Suit Claims

    A proposed class of buyers sued Reckitt Benckiser LLC in Illinois federal court on Monday, alleging its Neuriva line of products make promises about supporting brain health that they come nowhere near delivering.

  • October 06, 2025

    Law Profs Say CareDx False Ad Verdict Should Stand

    Two law professors have urged the Third Circuit to grant medical testing company CareDx's request for another chance to argue why its $45 million false advertising verdict against a rival should be reinstated, saying a ruling nixing the verdict will disallow juries from using circumstantial evidence and encourage false advertisers to "try their luck."

  • October 06, 2025

    3rd Circ. Rejects Novo Nordisk's Medicare Pricing Challenge

    The Third Circuit on Monday shot down another challenge to the Medicare drug price negotiation program, denying claims by pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk that Congress illegally delegated too much authority to the executive branch.

  • October 06, 2025

    Hagens Berman Fights Sanctions Over Thalidomide Suits

    Plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP strenuously denied claims that it should be sanctioned for filing since-dropped product liability cases, responding to a judge's show cause order by saying it spent hundreds of hours researching the legal theories it pursued before filing the cases and devoted substantial time and resources to them.

  • October 06, 2025

    Cooley Adds Life Sciences Trio From WilmerHale, Sidley

    Cooley LLP announced Monday that it is boosting its life sciences bench with a bicoastal trio of partners from WilmerHale and Sidley Austin LLP.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Turns Down 6 Patent Cases At Start Of Term

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions in patent-related cases, taking some of its first actions on intellectual property matters this term.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Blacklisting Case Against LegitScript

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a bid from LegitScript to duck an antitrust case accusing it of blacklisting a drug price checking website despite contentions that it facilitates illegal imports of prescription drugs.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

    After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

  • October 03, 2025

    Few Petitions Move Forward In Newest Discretion Reviews

    Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart rejected 15 Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions Friday night, but allowed five challenges to proceed.

  • October 03, 2025

    6th Circ. Will Hear Ohio PBM Fight Arguments In December

    The Sixth Circuit will hear arguments from the state of Ohio and the pharmacy benefit managers it's accusing of colluding to raise the price of prescription medications in December to decide whether the matter belongs in state or federal court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Zynex Investors Seek To Merge, Stay Insider Trading Suits

    Zynex shareholders who accused company executives of inflating stock prices to cash out on shares asked a Colorado federal judge on Friday to consolidate and temporarily pause their derivative suits to wait and see how a related proposed securities class action involving significant similar facts and circumstances plays out.

  • October 03, 2025

    NIH Sets Patent License Policy Aimed At Promoting Access

    The National Institutes Of Health has implemented a new policy that was proposed during the Biden administration to require those seeking commercial licenses to NIH-owned patents to detail how they will promote patient access for new drugs or medical devices they develop.

  • October 03, 2025

    2nd Circ. Erases Injunction In Pet Supplement False Ad Fight

    The Second Circuit on Friday undid a lower court order blocking Zesty Paws from billing itself in ads as the top U.S. pet supplement brand, saying it didn't apply the proper standard correctly.

  • October 03, 2025

    Benzene At NC BASF Plant Caused Cancer, Ex-Worker Says

    A former worker at a North Carolina vitamin plant is suing BASF Corp. and affiliates of Takeda America Holdings Inc. in North Carolina federal court, alleging BASF exposed her to benzene, resulting in her developing cancer later in life.

  • October 03, 2025

    The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

    Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Stryker Gets Fed. Circ. To Ax Bone Fusion Patent Claims

    The Federal Circuit on Friday reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's findings that Stryker failed to show that certain claims were anticipated in a trio of OsteoMed patents relating to ways to secure bones together.

Expert Analysis

  • Data Undermines USPTO's 'Settled Expectations' Doctrine

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    An analysis of inter partes review proceedings filed since 2012 appears to refute the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent stance that patent owners develop a strong settled expectation that their patents will not be challenged after being in force for six years, say Jonathan DeFosse and Samuel Smith at Sheppard Mullin, and Kenzo Kasai at NGB Corp.

  • Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession

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    Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.

  • High Court E-Cig Ruling Opens Door For FDA Challenges

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    There will likely be more challenges to marketing denial orders brought before the Fifth Circuit following the Supreme Court's recent ruling in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., where litigants have generally had greater success, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Fed. Circ. In July: Instability In IPR Requirements

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    The Federal Circuit's decision in Shockwave v. Cardiovascular last month provided an important, albeit short-lived, clarification to the type of evidence that can be used in an inter partes review challenge, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.

  • Structuring Noncompetes In License And Collaboration Deals

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    As companies grappling with coming patent cliffs look to mergers and acquisitions to compensate, contracting parties assessing biopharma license and collaboration agreements should prepare to agree on noncompetes that ensure the parties' respective objectives are met and that their incentives are aligned, both under their collaboration and beyond, says Jeff Jay at Freshfields.

  • Series

    Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    At first glance, cheerleading and litigation may seem like worlds apart, but both require precision, adaptability, leadership and the ability to stay composed under pressure — all of which have sharpened how I approach my work in the emotionally complex world of mass torts and personal injury, says Rashanda Bruce at Robins Kaplan.

  • 7 Ways To Fetch Patents In The World Of Working Animals

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    Though developers rarely file patents related to working animals, and animal training techniques are generally considered unpatentable, certain aspects of training and developing animals may be ripe for patent protection, say Matthew Avery at Baker Botts, Makenzi Galvan at Perkins Coie and Lute Yang at Orrick.

  • 9th Circ.'s Kickback Ruling Strengthens A Prosecutorial Tool

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    The Ninth Circuit's decision last month in U.S. v. Schena, interpreting the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act to prohibit kickback conduct between the principal and individuals who do not directly interact with patients, serves as a wake-up call to the booming clinical laboratory testing industry, say attorneys at Kendall Brill.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal

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    Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.

  • From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates

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    Transitioning from a judicial clerkship to an associate position at a law firm may seem daunting, but by using knowledge gained while clerking, being mindful of key differences and taking advantage of professional development opportunities, these attorneys can flourish in private practice, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • 9th Circ.'s Trade Secrets Ruling Is A Win For DTSA Plaintiffs

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Quintara v. Ruifeng shifts the balance in federal trade secret litigation toward a more flexible, discovery-driven process, meaning that plaintiffs may be more likely to pursue claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and early motions to strike or dismiss will face steep odds, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships

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    As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.

  • Puzzling Out When Similar Insurance Claims Are Related

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    A recent decision in Virginia federal court shows that more than identical allegations of negligent business practices across two lawsuits may be necessary to satisfy the strict definition of relatedness under claims-made liability insurance policies, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • A Shifting Trend In FDA Form 483 Disclosure Obligations

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    A New York federal court's Checkpoint Therapeutics decision extends a recent streak of dismissals of securities class actions alleging that pharmaceutical companies failed to disclose U.S. Food and Drug Administration Form 483 inspection reports, providing critical guidance for companies during the FDA approval process, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Trending At The PTAB: IPR Memo And Its Fed. Circ. Backdrop

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    There are new rules for when and how evidence other than patents or printed publications can be considered in inter partes reviews, and while this change is intended to reflect current Federal Circuit precedent, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's memo seems to acknowledge tension with last month's Shockwave decision, say attorneys at Finnegan.

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