A mere 66 companies reported paying their lawyers $64 million for work on IPO registrations through the first three quarters of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and an analysis by Bloomberg Law. That’s $575 million less in lawyer fees for firms, and just 10% of the amount from a year ago.
Biomedical research and the NIH check off a lot of firsts for the Biden administration.
A landmark sanctions decision from the US Patent and Trademark Office director in a high-profile patent review gives the agency and attorneys new avenues to combat abuse of its procedures, even as it leaves open questions about whether the precedent does enough to discourage future patent challengers from seeking a “windfall.”
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Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday questioned whether a lawsuit filed over an elderly woman’s fall while living at a nursing home in Collin County included a premise liability or a health care liability claim, which could determine whether the plaintiffs can proceed after they allegedly missed a statutory deadline.
A hospital’s disclosure of patient health information to its charitable foundation didn’t violate the Minnesota Health Records Act, a state appellate court ruled.
