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Drug Misbranding Redefined

Janice G. Inman

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has thrown the concept of criminal liability for misbranding by means of off-label-use promotion into turmoil in <i>United States v. Caronia.</i>

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FCPA Anti-Bribery Liability for a Subsidiary's Conduct

Laurence A. Urgenson, William J. Stuckwisch, & Brigham Q. Cannon

The new Guidance raises the question of how much, if any, knowledge and control of a subsidiary's bribery, as opposed to its actions generally, the government believes is necessary for a parent to be held liable under the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions ' and whether the answer is different for the DOJ than for the SEC.

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Who's doing what; who's going where.

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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Court Watch

Darryl A. Hart

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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Supreme Court Upholds Mandatory Arbitration in Employment Contract

Kevin Adler

Proponents of mandatory arbitration clauses were given a victory in November when the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in which the Oklahoma court had ruled that an employment non-compete agreement could be reviewed by a state court, despite an arbitration requirement in an employment contract.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Joseph Mercadante

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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'Buckyballs' Lawsuit May Limit Use of Celebrity Name

Kyle-Beth Hilfer

Advertisers and marketers should watch <i>The Estate of Buckminster Fuller v. Maxfield &amp; Oberton Holdings, LLC</i> closely to see what limits may exist on their use of a name that has ties to a celebrity as well as a separate object.

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Return of the Undead: Golan v. Holder and the Public Domain

Jonathan Moskin

A recurring issue in intellectual property law is the possibility of establishing rights in subject matter from the public domain and drawing the boundaries between what is public and private. The issue arose in one guise in <i>Golan v. Holder</i>, 132 S.Ct. 873 (2012), which upheld the constitutionality of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (or, informally, Copyright Restoration Act), granting U.S. copyright protection to certain works that had passed into the public domain in the United States, but which were still protected in their country of origin.

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Preissuance Submission Strategies for Patent Prosecution and Litigation

James W. Soong & Sabir Ibrahim

Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, several new mechanisms allow third parties to challenge patent applications and patents. Among these is a new preissuance submission procedure by which members of the general public may submit prior art believed to be relevant to a pending patent application.

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