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Trainer: Intellectual Property in the Crosshairs of Trade Agenda?

In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has stepped up actions to punish China for violations of U.S. owned intellectual property, with a Reuters report noting bi-partisan support for a broad inquiry into China’s trade practices. The timing of the official investigation is unknown due to China’s recent support of UN sanctions against North Korea and …

  • August 11, 2017
  • Alex Cook

An Abbreviated History of the False Claims Act: Enlisting Citizens in the Fight Against Fraud

The Federal Government spends more than $3 trillion a year on everything from healthcare, defense, education, and housing, to technology, research and beyond. With that much money on the table, efforts to defraud the government are inevitable. Identifying, stopping or deterring fraud, however, can be difficult, given the challenging nature of detecting fraud and allocating …

  • July 20, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 13: An Opportunity for Attorneys to Help Shape Health Care Policy?

This is Part 13 in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …

  • June 26, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 12: Flaws in CBO Studies Can Limit Policy Debates and Attorney Actions

This is Part 12 in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …

  • June 14, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Another Look at Mass Dismissal of Mass Tort Cases and a Circuit Court Reversal

In a blog post last September, I discussed three recent mass tort multidistrict (MDL) decisions which had granted summary judgment for the defendant across the boards on the mass of litigation. In one (the Mirena IUD), the dismissal was built upon a previous striking of all experts. In the other two (Fosamax and Incretins), the …

  • May 26, 2017
  • Alex Cook