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Bayer And Meda Sue Apotex Over Proposed Astepro Allergy Generic

11th October 2021
Bayer’s Astepro Allergy was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for nonprescription use back in June. Bayer claims it is the first over-the-counter, steroid-free antihistamine allergy spray available in the US.  The complaint filed on Thursday asks the US District Court for the District of Delaware to delay the FDA’s approval of […]
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NatWest Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Offences

8th October 2021
In a London court, NatWest indicated guilty pleas to three criminal charges of not adequately monitoring customer accounts between 2012 and 2016.  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) prosecuted the case against the UK bank. The FCA’s lawyer, Clare Montgomery, said: "The facts of the case are complex, the likely sentence is a very large fine."  […]
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Buddhist Juror Excused From Elizabeth Holmes Trial Due To Religious Concerns

7th October 2021
Juror No 4 told Judge Edward Davila in the US District Court San Jose that if Holmes were found guilty and sent to prison for a “long, long time” she would feel it was her fault.  “I’m thinking of all the time she’ll be in jail,” the juror told Davila, according to The Mercury News. […]
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Google Didn’t Infringe Digital Photo Frame Patent, Jury Finds

7th October 2021
Texas-based Profectus sued Google in 2020, claiming that its Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max, which control smart-home functions, play music, and display images digitally, infringe its patent. Profectus’ patent relates to a mountable digital photo frame.   However, following a four-day trial, the jury found that Mountain View, California-based Google did not infringe the patent […]
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Tesla Ordered To Pay $137 Million To Former Employee Over Workplace Racism

6th October 2021
Owen Diaz was a former contract worker employed at Tesla through a staffing agency in 2015. In court, he spoke of the hostile work environment in which his colleagues used epithets to torment and belittle him and other Black employees. Diaz was told to “go back to Africa” and left a racist drawing in his […]
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Ericsson Files Suit Against Apple To Clear Proposed 5G Patent Licensing Rates

6th October 2021
Ericsson claims Apple is using improper methods to lower the royalty rates it has to pay. Apple is also accused of refusing to license the patents under anything besides its proposed terms.  According to Ericsson, the lawsuit comes as the two tech giants are deadlocked in negotiations over a new license, having previously settled a […]
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Lodders Retains Top Spot In New Guide To UK’s Best Law Firms

5th October 2021
The real estate, family law, agriculture, and private client teams at UK premier law firm Lodders have each been awarded the top spot in the latest edition of The Legal 500, the leading guide to law firms in the UK.  Within the latest Legal 500  guide, published last week,  Lodders’ senior associate in the real […]
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Challenge To New York Tax On Opioid Companies Rejected By US Supreme Court

5th October 2021
The justices declined to hear an appeal of a lower court’s decision upholding the surcharge by two trade groups representing generic drug makers and drug distributors, and a unit of UK-based pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year.  Amongst the law’s challengers were the Association for Accessible Medicines, whose members include Mallinckrodt, […]
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Trump Asks US Judge To Force Twitter To Restart His Account

4th October 2021
The former president filed a request for a preliminary injunction against the social media giant in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He argued that Twitter was “coerced” by members of the US Congress to suspend his account.  In January, Twitter and several other social media giants removed Trump from their […]
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