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Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.

Learned intermediary doctrine prevents recovery for "catastrophic stroke" where physician testified he would have prescribed drug despite new warning.

The appellate opinion enforces an arbitration clause despite differences in language translation.

[co-author: Michael Daly] The Supreme Court’s decision was a victory for Facebook and any other business that routinely attempts to communicate with its consumers using stored lists of consumer numbers. The Supreme Court recently settled a long-simmering circuit split over a key component of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The unanimous decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid limits the scope of the statute’s restriction on autodialing and is expected to drastically decrease the volume of litigation arising under that part of the statute—which in recent years has been one of ...

[co-author: David Anthony] In 2020, the appellate courts had numerous opportunities to weigh in on many unanswered questions that remain in litigation after over 50 years since the statute was first enacted. The case law surrounding the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is ever-changing. Last year, the appellate courts had numerous opportunities to weigh in on many unanswered questions that remain in litigation after over 50 years since the statute was first enacted. Here, we dare to relive 2020 by revisiting the top appellate FCRA decisions. Originally published in Litigation Section, Vol. 20...