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Letters Of Intent For On-Site Solar Energy Transactions
An increasing number of retail, office, industrial and warehouse/distribution property owners are utilizing electricity generated by on-site photovoltaic (also referred to as "pv" or "solar") systems to meet a portion of their properties' electrical energy needs. The pv...
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Battle Lines Drawn Over Labeling Of GMO Foods And “All Natural” Claims
Whether to require labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is a hot issue in the ongoing debate about the risks and benefits of food crops produced using biotechnology. For more than a decade, almost all processed foods in the United States have contained ingredients from plants whose...
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The USPTO’S Ongoing Campaign To Suppress The Right To U.S. District Court De Novo Review Of Administrative Decisions In Patent Applications And Of The Agency’s Post-Grant Review Of Issued Patents
Section 9(a) of recently introduced H.R. 3309 (113th Congress) would repeal 35 U.S.C. 145, which provides for de novo adjudicatory judicial review of adverse decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO” or “Agency”) in administrative appeals from...
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The New Jersey Supreme Court Writes Another Chapter In The Mount Laurel Doctrine
In its decision this September in In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 & 5:97 by N.J. Council on Affordable Housing,[1] the New Jersey Supreme Court has written another, though likely not the final, chapter in New Jersey's long and often ambivalent and conflicted struggle to provide low...
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Funding Biotech Innovation: The Ins And Outs Of Collaboration Arrangements And Licensing Agreements
Editor: Please describe your background and practice. Waldron: I am a transactional lawyer and a member of my firm’s Life Sciences Practice Group. My practice focuses on the representation of both emerging and well-established companies in business transactions, with a particular emphasis...
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Caveat Interests In Foreign Accounts
Editor: Please describe your practice at Sills Cummis & Gross. What is your background with the Justice Department? Horn: I was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Jersey Attorney’s office for seven years in the mid-1970s. An Assistant U.S. Attorney...
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Buyer Beware: Important “Supply” Issues For Life Science Companies
Very often, a biotech or other life sciences company will need to purchase materials or products from a third party vendor. This arrangement could be in connection with the company’s clinical testing/R&D or in connection with the company’s commercial supply of its product. In any...
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