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• Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Decision And Rules That Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Tightened federal pleading rules take effect: Three months after the U.S. Supreme Court's Iqbal decision.

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2009, January 2009

• Expansions of the Russian River Valley and Northern Sonoma Viticultural Areas

This Treasury decision expands the Russian River Valley viticultural area in Sonoma County, California, by 14,044 acres, and the Northern Sonoma viticultural area in Sonoma County, California, by 44,244 acres. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify wines they may purchase.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 70866, November 16, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Treasury Department

• Federal Rules Decision®

A reporter that reprints decisions rendered by federal district courts that interpret or apply the Federal Rules of Civil, Crimin...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Dou–Fre

• Tightened Federal Pleading Rules Take Effect: Three Months After The U.S. Supreme Court's Iqbal Decision

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Federal Appeals Court Rules Pharmaceutical 'Sales' Reps Entitled to Overtime Pay ; Decision has Wide Implications for Pharmaceutical Industry; Court Gives 'Controlling Deference' to Us Dept of Labor Amicus Brief

NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A unanimous United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled today that pharmaceutical "sales" representatives whose primary job duty is to visit doctor's offices, drop off drug samples and announce pre-scripted messages describing their employer's pharmaceuticals, are entitled to overtime pay under federal, New York state and California law. The appeals court vacated the judgment of the district court and held that the "Reps" are not subject to either the federal and state "outside sales" or "administrative" exemptions to overtime pay. In December, 2009 the United States Department of Labor filed an amicus appeal brief in support of the sales reps, a rare step for the DOL. Jeremy Heisler of Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP, ("SWH") the law firm...

• U.S. Newswire
• July 06, 2010

• In A Split-Panel Decision, Federal Circuit Upholds The Invalidity Of Just One Of The Four Challenged PTO Rules.

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2009, January 2009

• Time Warner Cable Issues Statement Regarding the Federal Communications Commission's Decision to Review Broken Retransmission Consent Rules.

• Business Wire
• March 03, 2011

• Congress, the Federal Courts, and Forum Non Conveniens: Friction on the Frontier of the Inherent Power

Forum Non Conveniens In The Federal Courts II. The Uncertain Boundaries Of The Supreme Court's Inherent Power III. Friction On The Inherent Power Frontier With Congress A. Venue And Transfer 1. The Relevance of 28 U.S.C. § 1404> 2. The Impact of the 1988 and 1990 Revisions B. Jurisdiction To Prescribe C. The Rules Enabling Act And The Rules Of Decision Act 1. The Rules Enabling Act 2. The Rules of Decision Act a. The Erie Question In The Federal Courts Of Appeals b. Switching Erie "Tracks" IV. Conclusion

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 91-3, March 2006

• Federal Rules On Gasoline Additives Relaxed ; Environmentalists Welcome Decision

New Jersey no longer will have to add corn-based ethanol or MTBE to gasoline under federal rules announced this week. Environmentalists hailed the news. They had long argued that the 15-year-old requirement that gasoline sold in smoggy metropolitan areas contain an oxygenate was outdated now that most cars are built with better emissions-control systems.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• February 17, 2006