On June 2, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration launched openFDA, a program designed to improve access to publicly available data beginning with adverse event reports. While greater accessibility to adverse event reports has industry benefits, it...
White House officials reported today that President Obama intends to sign an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The order would protect up...
The 2014 BIO International Convention begins next week in San Diego. If you are planning on attending, you probably already know that the amount of information and opportunities available at BIO can be daunting. Therefore, over the next week,...
On June 12, 2014, a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States ruled that competitors may bring federal false advertising and unfair competition claims against beverage labels that are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the...
A controversial tweet posted by a Kansas University professor last fall in response to the shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. resulted in the Kansas Board of Regents’ adoption of a revised social media policy. The new policy has caused...
On June 10, the Bank of England launched a new framework to help identify areas where the financial sector could be vulnerable to sophisticated cyber-attack. The new framework is called CBEST and was launched in May 2014....
In This Issue: - Quote of the week - U.S.-China Relations - Chinese Embassy News - Trade -Excerpt from U.S.-China Relations: White House Statement on Terrorist Attack in China - On May 22, the White House issued the following...
In In re The Swatch Group Management Services AG (Serial No 85485359, April 18 2014), in a precedential opinion, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has affirmed, on the ground of mere descriptiveness, a refusal to register the mark...
The rules were introduced by the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973 (and amended by the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1983). Under these Acts, use as temporary sleeping accommodation in exchange for money or by reason of...
- The DOJ has indicated that it plans on issuing a separate regulation to address website accessibility. However, no official action has been taken since it first sought comments on its proposal for addressing website accessibility in 2010. -...
