'Law' Tag

• Michigan challenge to health law begins

  July 23, 2010

  [Story ID: 3166] The Detroit News: On Wednesday, “[a] federal judge heard arguments [in the] lawsuit that is being watched nationwide for its challenge of congressional authority to reform health care in a way that would penalize citizens who fail to obtain their own health insurance.” The attorney for one plaintiff, The Thomas More Law [...]

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• Phoenix Technology Holding Inc. Engages a Leading Patent Law Firm to Protect … – MarketWatch (press release)

  July 22, 2010

  Phoenix Technology Holding Inc. Engages a Leading Patent Law Firm to Protect …MarketWatch (press release)Phoenix said that with guidance from Radlo & Su, LLP, a world class patent law firm, it is ensuring the protection of its patent rights. … and more

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• Kagan would consider health law recusal on a case-by-case basis

  July 20, 2010

  [Story ID: 3041] The Associated Press: “Responding to a final GOP challenge, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said Monday that she would weigh recusing herself from matters related to the new health care law on a case-by-case basis.” The issue was raised as part of questions from Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans regarding “her involvement as [...]

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• Support for health overhaul down; GOP asks Kagan if she would recuse herself from cases on new law

  July 15, 2010

  [Story ID: 2890] Support for the new health reform law has dropped seven percentage points in the last two months, though it remains higher than when the law was first signed in March. “Forty-nine percent of Americans now disapprove of the health care reform measure, according to the poll, which was conducted July 9-12. Thirty-six [...]

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• Mass. lawmakers may strip ban on medical-industry gifts

  July 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 2836] Massachusetts lawmakers may repeal a two-year old law requiring medical firms to disclose gifts to doctors, The Associated Press/Boston Herald reports. “Health care advocates say such a move could put a quick halt to efforts to rein in health care costs and increase transparency in the industry. Those pushing for repeal say [...]

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• Adrian Johnss “Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates”

  July 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 2629] PIRACY The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates Intellectual property – Law – United States – Services – Lawyers and Law Firms

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• High-risk insurance pools open to people locked out of market

  July 2, 2010

  [Story ID: 2604] People who have been unable to obtain health insurance in the commercial market because of pre-existing conditions can apply for a new, federally funded high-risk insurance pool beginning Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reports. “The program is the first major plank of the health overhaul signed into law in March, and it’s [...]

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• Book Review Monday: Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology

  June 21, 2010

  [Story ID: 2433] In Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Fundamentals of Global Law, Practice and Strategy, Philip Grubb and Peter R. Thomsen provide a solid introduction to patent law topics in some of the largest countries, with an emphasis on Europe, Britain, and the USA. Given the importance of global trade and patent protection [...]

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• Anti-abortion groups use health law in efforts to restrict insurance coverage

  May 17, 2010

  [Story ID: 1871] Abortion opponents fought passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul to the bitter end, and now that it’s the law, they’re using it to limit coverage by private insurers. An obscure part of the law allows states to restrict abortion coverage by private plans operating in new insurance markets.

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• Rhetoric heats up between insurers and lawmakers

  May 11, 2010

  [Story ID: 1782] Politico: “Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) is scolding the nations’ health insurance companies for ‘gaming’ the new health care law and is pushing the administration and states to impose stringent controls under the law on industry expenditures for non-medical purposes. Saying the industry had turned its focus from opposing the law to [...]

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