all - Opinion Summaries

Regents of the University of Minnesota v. AGA Medical Corporation

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant in patent infringement suit regarding medical devices for repairing heart defects, is affirmed, where the district...

Heineman-Guta v. Guidant Corporation

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) alleging defendants engaged in a kickback scheme to promote the sale and use of their...

Dey, LP v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim of infringement of its patents on pharmaceutical products to treat lung disease is reversed and...

Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Drugs & Biotech, Environmental Law
District court's summary judgment in favor of defendant federal officials and intervenor-defendants, in an action brought by plaintiffs, environmental...

Bowman v. Monsanto Co.

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The doctrine of patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder's...

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v. Genentech, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, International Law
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant its requested injunction, where: 1) defendant obtained a final judgment in the...

City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
California's medical marijuana statutes, the Compassionate Use Act and the Medical Marijuana Program, do not preempt a local ban on facilities that...

Unspam Technologies, Inc. v. Chernuk

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Drugs & Biotech
Dismissal of four foreign banks from a class action in which plaintiffs allege that defendants participated in a global Internet conspiracy to sell...

Coleman v. DEA

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law
Summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff's action seeking production of documents concerning the federal government’s regulation of the drug...

Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement suit involving a combination eye-drop product used for treating glaucoma, the district court's findings that plaintiff's patent...