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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update March 18, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, March 18, 2010

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Ban on "Pay for Delay" Patent Settlements Cut from Health Care Bill

"Generic drug makers are applauding the latest change to the health care bill - eliminating the ban on patent settlements. The measure, which was backed by the Federal Trade Commission, would in most cases have barred so-called "pay for delay" settlements of patent cases brought by generic companies against brand-name drug makers"

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Supreme Court Unveils New Web Site Design

"The Supreme Court's long-awaited Web site redesign was unveiled this morning at supremecourt.gov, bringing the site into the 21st century only a few years late."

 

Chemicals Company Agrees to $14 Million Fine in Fraud Case

"A chemicals company pleaded guilty in Washington federal court today to paying kickbacks and bribes to the former Iraqi government and to violating the U.S. embargo against Cuba, Justice Department officials said."

 

Sonnenschein Denied Rehearing in Suit by Former Partner

"The D.C. Court of Appeals denied Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's request for an en banc rehearing in its legal battle with former partner Douglas Rosenthal today, meaning the firm could now potentially owe millions in damages."

 

Former Nixon Peabody Lawyer Settles With SEC in Insider Trading Case

"Melissa Mahler, a former Nixon Peabody lawyer, has reached a financial settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve the federal insider trading case filed against her last year"

 

FDA Rule Restricts Tobacco Sales, Marketing

"The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule today that broadly restricts the sale, distribution and promotion of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to children - but it's not exactly a novel undertaking."

 

High Cost of Transparency

"The Obama Administration's commitment to openness is failing the trickle-down test, at least in the eyes of one organization. The Syracuse University-based Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), which provides regular analysis of government data on immigration courts and federal prosecutions among other areas, filed a protest with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today because, after waiting four years for a response to its FOIA request for information about one of the agency?s databases, the agency recently said TRAC first must pay $111,930."

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Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 19, 2010 (boomark / email).