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Hatch-Waxman: The Interplay Between Innovation And Lowering Pharmaceutical Costs
Editor: Would you each tell our readers something about your backgrounds and professional experience? Rhoads: As an undergraduate, I was a biology major and then I went to graduate school in pharmacology. However, I dropped the graduate work before receiving my Ph.D. as I was simultaneously...
Read MoreKramer Levin:Celebrating Diversity And Difference All Year Long
Cultural Heritage Month Celebrations Kramer Levin honors cultural heritage with various programs throughout the year.This February, Kramer Levin will host two programs in honor of African American History Month.The first program will be on the topic of the "Elimination of Bias" with Duane L...
Read MoreTime For Employers To Review Their Severance Agreements: The EEOC's Recently-Issued Guidance Regarding Releases
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the "EEOC") recently issued guidance in question and answer format entitled "Understanding Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Employee Severance Agreements" (the "Severance Agreement Guidance"). While the Severance Agreement Guidance does...
Read MoreE-Discovery Sanctions In New York Supreme Court: Einstein v. 357 LLC
Introduction Over the past few years, courts in various jurisdictions have imposed sanctions for a party's failure to fulfill preservation or production obligations relating to electronically stored information ("ESI"). Recently, in a case pending in the Commercial Division of the New York...
Read MoreHow A U.S. IP Lawyer Serves Chinese Clients
Editor: Please remind our readers of how Kramer Levin's China IP practice came into being. Caplan: This practice effort came about through the firm's opportunity to work with a young Chinese IP lawyer, who also was a member of the bar in New York. After we interviewed him and realized that he was...
Read MoreFormer Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Discusses Trends In Federal Law Enforcement
Editor: Tell us about your career as a prosecutor. Schoeman: I have just completed my second tour through the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's office. I first joined the office in 1998 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. I spent about five years there trying cases and doing investigations. I focused...
Read MoreTexas District Court Dismisses Insider Trading Charges Against Mark Cuban And Holds That Misappropriation Theory Requires Duty Not To Trade
On July 17, 2009, in a significant defeat for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Northern District of Texas, Chief District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dismissed the high-profile insider-trading charges that the SEC had brought against well-known entrepreneur Mark Cuban.1In a 35-page opinion,...
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