all - Opinion Summaries

Alpharma, Inc. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Drugs & Biotech
In a case which had been previously remanded due to the FDA's failure to adequately explain why it granted a company's "new animal drug application"...

Amgen, Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving patents directed to recombinant DNA technology relating to the production of a certain hormone, a judgment of the district...

Pfizer Inc. v. Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case concerning the prescription drug Lipitor, which is used to reduce certain types of cholesterol levels, a finding of infringement and...

Schor v. Abbott Labs.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of an antitrust suit against the holder of an HIV combination drug therapy patent for failure to state a claim under the Sherman Act is...

US v. Feingold

Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing
A jury instruction is improper if it allows a jury to convict a licensed practitioner under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. section...

Grosenick v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on a claim brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is affirmed where the district court did not...

Bonds v. Tandy

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
21 U.S.C. section 877 limits petitions for judicial review to those litigants with Article III standing and who are also arguably within the zone of...

Regents of the Univ. of California v. Univ. of Iowa Research Found.

Drugs & Biotech, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an interference, grant of a motion for judgment by a junior party that 35 U.S.C. section 135(b)(1) barred a senior party's sole claim interfering...

Hudson v. Texas Racing Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Gaming Law
The Texas absolute insurer rule, 16 Tex. Admin. Code section 311.104(b), which provides, inter alia, that "[a] trainer shall ensure that a...

Stanley v. Greystone Med. Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment transferring to plaintiff the ownership of patent and intellectual property rights to pharmaceutical compounds developed by defendants, and...