Corporate Compliance Program Guidance Article and Breakfast Series
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.20.19
Partners David Robbins and Peter Eyre published an article in National Defense magazine on complying with the new Justice Department Guidance concerning ethics and compliance programs. Eyre, Robbins, and Pat Harned of Ethics & Compliance Initiative will further discuss this guidance and the current state of ethics and compliance at a Crowell & Moring breakfast series event at 8:30am on June 25 at the Tysons Corner Marriott Hotel. Register here.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 11.14.25
Claim construction is a key stage of most patent litigations, where the court must decide the meaning of any disputed terms in the patent claims. Generally, claim terms are given their plain and ordinary meaning except under two circumstances: (1) when the patentee acts as its own lexicographer and sets out a definition for the term; and (2) when the patentee disavows the full scope of the term either in the specification or during prosecution. Thorner v. Sony Comput. Ent. Am. LLC, 669 F.3d 1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012). The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. highlights that patentees can act as their own lexicographers through consistent, interchangeable usage of terms across the specification, effectively defining terms by implication.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.14.25
Microplastics Update: Regulatory and Litigation Developments in 2025
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.13.25
