The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently conducted an audit of the recall processes of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (“NHTSA”) Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) and found that NHTSA did not adequately manage light passenger vehicle recalls. The… Continue Reading  

A litigator can hire a skilled economic damages’ expert, but if that expert cannot concisely convey complex, financial topics in a succinct fashion to a judge or jury, then the litigator may win on liability for the client but may… Continue Reading  

By Dr. Andrew Malec and Susan Koss, Managing Directors at O’Keefe As is the case with most complex commercial litigation matters, patent holders must first prove causality before economic damages are considered. However, patent infringement cases are unique when compared with… Continue Reading  

In the ongoing battle to keep generic drugs off the market, Cephalon, Inc. filed suit against Dr. Reddy Laboratories, Ltd. (“DRL”) claiming patent infringement on its TREANDA patent arising from DRL’s filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to… Continue Reading  

Section 34 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) mandated that the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) conduct a study on the consequences of patent litigation by nonpracticing entities (NPEs).  As such, the GAO’s objectives were to determine (1)… Continue Reading  

Innovation is central to economic growth, and the United States still ranks high globally on a number of important measures of innovative capacities. A recent report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings studied the current state of invention in… Continue Reading