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US Justice Department finds Pennsylvania courts discriminate against opioid users

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Assistant Attorney General Kirsten Clarke of the DOJ Civil Rights Division stated: “Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder are protected by the ADA but too often face discrimination rooted in stereotypes and myths rather than in science. .” ” The landscape of opioids and litigation in the US continues to change.

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Reviving the Permanent Injunction Inquiry: Federal Circuit Rejects a Categorical Rule Against Injunctions for Licensing Patentees

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59(e) order setting aside the damages verdict — meaning that although the patentee proved infringement, it will receive $0 in compensatory damages. Pylon Manufacturing Corp. , At oral arguments, the patentee’s attorney Joseph Trojan argued that the court should not invade “the black box of the jury.”

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Los Angeles announces lawsuit against Monsanto for PCB contamination

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The public nuisance lawsuit alleges that Monsanto knew the industrial chemical they manufactured, polychlorinated biphenyl (“PCB”), was highly toxic and would produce environmental contamination and risks to animal and human health, yet they continued to promote and sell these products and publicly deny their danger.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In its stay motion, the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) argued that the court had already determined that its challenge to the EPA standards was likely to be successful and that the NHTSA standards could not function without the EPA standards. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. 16-1430 (D.C. N20C-09-097 (Del.

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