Deaths caused by opioids—both legal and illegal—have been rising since the 1990s, wreaking havoc on communities across the United States.1 In 2017, an average of 130 Americans died from opioid overdoses every day,2 and the United States Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in that same year.3…
Month: March 2020
A Case for Statutory Independent Directors
Within corporate law there is a tense awareness of the overwhelming power of controlling shareholders. Oftentimes, such shareholders exert prodigious force over the actions of the company’s board of directors, in part because controlling shareholders may handpick the board.1 Using their connections to the board, a controlling shareholder may influence company action in an interested2…
Google v. Oracle: The History Leading up to this Case and the Potential Consequences of the Upcoming Supreme Court Decision
After almost a decade-long fight between Google and Oracle, two of Silicon Valley’s tech giants, the Supreme Court will finally rule on a case which is considered by many to be the “most important copyright case of the decade.”1 The path which led up to this point is a long and complicated one. This article…
Addressing a supply chain crisis: the looming tidal wave of third-party IP liability lawsuits
The seismic shift Over the last 50 years the fundamental determinants of value in the global economy have changed. Most prominent in this shifting economic landscape is the category of intangible assets of all forms including patents, trade secrets, copy and data rights, and brand value. Over a short period of time, the importance and…