Advancements in neuroscience and related fields are beginning to show, with increasing clarity, that certain human behaviors stem from uncontrolled, mechanistic causes. These discoveries beg the question: If a given behavior results from some combination of biological predispositions, neurological circumstances, and environmental influences, is that action unwilled and therefore absolved of all attributions of credit, blame,…

Lobbying, PACs and Campaign Finance: 50 State Handbook provides quick access to the regulations and laws covering campaign contributions and proper contact with elected officials in each of the 50 states and the federal government. Each state and the federal government has its own chapter and includes: Detailed coverage of prohibited lobbying practices, enforcement, and…

The Product Liability Desk Reference, 2016 Edition is a comprehensive resource that provides the most recent statutory and case law developments on product liability laws for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia.…

President Judge Jan Jurden announced the appointment of Judge Paul R. Wallace to the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Delaware Superior Court.

In Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks, 793 F.3d 1020 (2015), a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the standard for joint infringement by finding the defendant liable because it directed or controlled the actions of a third party that performed one or more steps of a claimed method. The Federal Circuit found…

In April 2015, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed into law one of the most highly specialized arbitration statutes ever passed: the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act (hereafter the “Act” or the “DRAA”). The Act, a response to the request by Delaware’s corporate citizenry for a modern and useful arbitration statute, is the work of an interdisciplinary team…

In Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple, Inc., C.A. No. 13-2058-RGA (D. Del. Nov. 13, 2015), Judge Andrews granted a motion for withdrawal filed by counsel for the plaintiff, Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC (“Dragon”), in a number of related patent infringement actions, but only after the moving counsel first satisfied concerns raised by the defendants. The…

In Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Actavis Inc., C.A. No. 14-1381-RGA (D. Del. Nov. 17, 2015), Judge Andrews overruled objections to a report and recommendation concluding that the patent-in-suit should be found invalid due to lack of patent-eligible subject matter. The patent was directed to a method for treating renally impaired patients with a dosage of oxymorphone.…

In Two-way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, C.A. No. 14-1006 (D. Del. Nov. 17, 2015), Judge Andrews ruled on disputed terms in the parties’ proposed protective order, prohibiting the plaintiff from sharing highly confidential information received from one defendant with defendants in the related cases, but refusing to extend the prosecution bar to cover…