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Are We All Computer Felons?
June 02, 2014
Tthe Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has come under recent scrutiny due to its use against unsuspecting individuals who may not be the malicious hackers that the Act was originally meant to address. This has led to a noisy push for CFAA reform, a split in the Federal Circuit Courts and calls for Congressional action.
In the Courts
May 02, 2014
Analysis of key rulings.
Case Briefs
May 02, 2014
In-depth analysis of key rulings.
Whistleblower Rights Expand with Supreme Court Ruling
May 02, 2014
A recent Supreme Court ruling could have significant consequences for law and accounting firms, as well as all businesses working with public companies.
Business Crimes Hotline
May 02, 2014
Discussion of a recent ruling on insider trading..
International Investigations
May 02, 2014
The limits on discovery of private information are often far greater in other countries than they are in the United States. Following are some steps that can be taken in order to avoid running afoul of these limitations.
Parallel Criminal Investigations
May 02, 2014
Navigating through the competing demands of civil discovery and mounting a criminal defense poses unique challenges and potential landmines for corporate counsel.
Decriminalized Marijuana and the Promise of Legal Profits
March 25, 2014
Pressure is building on federal, state and local governments to reconsider the criminal laws regarding marijuana and to allow interests as diverse as medical research, business entrepreneurs, and tax authorities to benefit from the new legal marijuana industry.
Looking Before You Leap in International Investigations
March 25, 2014
International investigations are now commonplace for many white-collar criminal defense lawyers and, very often, these investigations will implicate foreign data privacy regimes, both entrenched and emerging.
Business Crimes Hotline
March 25, 2014
A look at a key case from Virginia.

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  • Surveys in Patent Infringement Litigation: The Next Frontier
    Most experienced intellectual property attorneys understand the significant role surveys play in trademark infringement and other Lanham Act cases, but relatively few are likely to have considered the use of such research in patent infringement matters. That could soon change in light of the recent admission of a survey into evidence in <i>Applera Corporation, et al. v. MJ Research, Inc., et al.</i>, No. 3:98cv1201 (D. Conn. Aug. 26, 2005). The survey evidence, which showed that 96% of the defendant's customers used its products to perform a patented process, was admitted as evidence in support of a claim of inducement to infringe. The court admitted the survey into evidence over various objections by the defendant, who had argued that the inducement claim could not be proven without the survey.
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  • In the Spotlight
    On May 9, 2003, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that Bayer Corporation, the pharmaceutical manufacturer, had been sentenced and ordered to pay a criminal fine of $5,590,800 stemming from its earlier plea of guilty to violating the Federal Prescription Drug Marketing Act by failing to list with the FDA its drug product, Cipro, that was privately labeled for an HMO. Such listing is required under the federal Food, Drug &amp; Cosmetic Act. The Federal Prescription Drug Marketing Act, Pub. L. 100-293, enacted on April 22, 1988, as modified on August 26, 1992 by the Prescription Drug Amendments (PDA) Pub. L. 102-353, 106 Stat. 941, amended sections 301, 303, 503, and 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. '' 331, 333, 353, 381, to establish requirements for distributing prescription drug samples.
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