Supreme Court Update: New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York (No. 18-280), Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. (No. 18-1150), Maine Community Health Options v. United States, No. 18-1023

Greetings, Court Fans! As we noted a few days ago, the Court issued three new decisions early this week, including in a much-anticipated Second Amendment case (the first such case to reach the Court in a decade). We’re now back to summarize those decisions. There’s a...

Recent Supreme Court Decisions in IP

In the wake of the closed economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court has issued three decisions covering aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law that you should know about. Lost Profits Available in Trademark Cases Without Willful Infringement...

Health Information Technology Contracting Toolkit

Wiggin and Dana Partner Jody Erdfarb has contributed to the newly published Health Information Technology Contracting Toolkit for the American Health Law Association (AHLA), which was released on April 29, 2020. According to AHLA, the toolkit “provides many...

BIS Broadens Prohibition on Exports to China, Russia and Venezuela for Military End Users or Military End Use, Requires EEI Filing for almost all Non-EAR99 Exports to these Destinations, Irrespective of Value or Sensitivity, Eliminates License Exception CIV (re NS Items to D1 Countries), and Proposes Eliminating APR for D1 Countries

On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule (85 FR 23459), effective June 29, 2020, that significantly expands the existing restrictions on exporting, reexporting, and retransferring items to China,...