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The Daily Intake
DOJ Signals Broader FDA Disclosure Authority
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) recently issued an opinion concluding that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authority under existing law to amend its…
Marler Blog
The Justice Department just told FDA what I have been saying: its own regulations are what keep outbreak names secret, and it has the authority to change them. Here is how I am changing my two petitions.
By Bill Marler
On October 26, 2026, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion to the Acting General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services titled Public Disclosure…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: I Have Been Told I Am Too Hard on Industry and on the Government. Here Are Fifteen Things They Could Do About Cyclospora.
By Bill Marler
People I respect have told me I am unnecessarily critical of industry and of the government, and of FDA and CDC in particular. Some of them are friends. A few…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
New Procedural Rules for Trade Secrets in Germany
On April 1, 2025, the Act to Strengthen Germany as a Location for Justice—formally titled Justizstandort-Stärkungsgesetz of October 7, 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 302)—entered into force. This…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Common Software Licensing Language at Issue in IP Dispute
Licensors of software typically utilize software license agreements providing for their ownership of the licensed software and related IP, as well as restrictions barring licensees from reverse engineering the code…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
The War Against Trade Secret Theft – A New Weapon
By Roland M. Juarez, Robert T. Quackenboss, Alan J. Marcuis, Ryan A. Glasgow
Congress gave companies a new weapon to fight trade secret theft this week. President Obama signed a law that addresses several issues that often mire trade secret litigation – cross…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Trade Secrets, Healthy, and Intern Season
Coming out of another hot day in Seattle, it's your top 10 from LXBN. I've got a story up about how Facebook's trending mess might not be a legal violation,…
The Brand Protection Blog
CPB expands information sharing to address counterfeit imports
On September 18, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) published a final rule that allows for increased information sharing between CBP and trademark owners in cases of importation of…
The Contractor's Perspective
Measuring damages for government theft of contractor trade secrets
It's a worst-case scenario for many government contractors. Despite using strict confidentiality agreements and bold restrictive legends, the government releases a valuable trade secret to the public. The Trade Secrets…