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US Justice Department finds Pennsylvania courts discriminate against opioid users

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” The landscape of opioids and litigation in the US continues to change. This year, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case regarding a doctor’s liability for prescribing opioids, and drug manufacturers and distributors paid large settlements and faced liability for their contributions to the opioid crisis.

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Reviving the Permanent Injunction Inquiry: Federal Circuit Rejects a Categorical Rule Against Injunctions for Licensing Patentees

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59(e) order setting aside the damages verdict — meaning that although the patentee proved infringement, it will receive $0 in compensatory damages. Pylon Manufacturing Corp. , In its decision, the Federal Circuit also affirmed the district court’s R.59(e) In 2020, Seal4Safti, Inc. 3d 1142, 1152-55 (Fed.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. Derivative Litigation , No. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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