Top 10 in Law Blogs: SCOTUS on Gene Patenting, Insider Trading Protection, iPhone Kill Switch
June 13, 2013
The Supreme Court handed down a ruling that could be huge for the future of medicine as they determined that naturally-occurring gene sequences—in this case, it was ones that cause breast cancer—cannot be patented. We have excellent analysis in a post in today’s roundup, but if you’re looking for more we have an LXBN section dedicated to the case. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 174.
- Supreme Court Decides Myriad Gene Patents Case, Holds Isolated Human Genes May Not Be Patented – Washington, DC lawyer Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner on the firm’s blog, PharmaPatents
- “All Natural” False Advertising Suit Dismissed: Ingredient List Saves the Day for Nature Valley Bars – San Francisco lawyer Gabriela Kipnis of Morrison Foerster on the firm’s Private Surgeon General Class Action Defense blog
- Cloudy With a Chance of Exploitation – Washington, DC lawyer Jason Weinstein of Steptoe & Johnson on the firm’s SteptoeCyberblog
- Cybersecurity: FDA Risks for Medical Devices – Washington, DC attorney Seth Mailhot of Sheppard Mullin on the firm’s FDA Law Update
- Companies Finding Little Use for Quick, Efficient Way to Avoid Liability – Raleigh attorney David Smyth of Brooks Pierce on their blog, Cady Bar the Door
- Am I on Speaker? PA Supreme Court to Decide Whether Wiretapping Act Applies – Blue Bell attorney Aaron Weems of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s blog, Pennsylvania Family Law
- Court Holds Spicy Meatball, Not Pesticide, Caused Plaintiff’s Illness – Real estate litigator William Ruskin of EpsteinBeckerGreen on his Toxic Tort Litigation Blog
- Apple’s New iPhone Kill Switch: Too Little Too Late? – Fort Lauderdale lawyer Andrew Hinkes of Berger Singerman on the firm’s E-Discovery Reporter
- Superiority as Unity – Virginia attorney Andrew Trask of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, Class Action Countermeasures
- Did Costa Cruises Assist an Alleged Rapist Escape Justice? – Miami attorney Jim Walker of Walker & O’Neill on his blog, Cruise Law News
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