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United States: What Took You So Long? District Court Denies Leave To Amend Patent Infringement Contentions Finding Plaintiff Didn't Act Diligently - Proskauer Rose LLP

Mondaq

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently denied a motion by Philips North America seeking leave of the Court to amend its claims of patent infringement against Fitbit.

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

LawSites

Yet it happened again this week — and it happened not once, but in two separate cases, one in Missouri and the other in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. In the Massachusetts case, Smith v.

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Pandemic-Related Legal Ethics Opinions: A Compendium

LawSites

When practicing virtually, lawyers must particularly consider ethical duties regarding competence, diligence, and communication, especially when using technology. Legal Ethics During the COVID-19 Pandemic , Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Ethics in the COVID-19 Pandemic , State Bar of Michigan.

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Fashion Law in 2021: 12 of the Year’s Noteworthy Lawsuits

The Fashion Law

In direct response to the burgeoning, multi-billion-dollar luxury resale market, which is “a new threat to the core of [Chanel’s] business model,” TRR alleges that Chanel has gone beyond the work of a diligent company looking to preserve the meticulously-crafted positioning of its rarefied luxury brand in the face of the evolving modern marketplace.

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Bill to enlarge the Supreme Court faces dim prospects in Congress

SCOTUSBlog

Ed Markey of Massachusetts said at a press conference outside the Supreme Court to unveil the legislation. I want to give the commission this time to do their due diligence and review the measures they recommend when it comes to important potential reforms of the court,” Durbin said through a spokesperson.

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Trade Secret Misappropriation Preliminary Injunction Reversed

Patently O

Insulet sued EOFlow and several former Insulet employees in the District of Massachusetts, alleging trade secret misappropriation under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), 18 U.S.C. However, this decision may put a damper on forum shopping attempts. Insulet and EOFlow are competitors in the wearable insulin pump market. 1839(3).

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From Saving the World to Fighting Over IP: Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech

The IP Law Blog

On August 26, 2022, Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement in the district court in Massachusetts. In its complaint, Moderna alleges that it was a startup company founded by scientists who were investigating mRNA medicines, an unproven technology, and that it worked diligently for almost 10 years to develop the technology.