News & Press Releases

This New York Times feature article looks at Shahed Hussain and his evolution throughout the years — from asylum-seeking immigrant to petty criminal to trusted ally of government prosecutors. Mr. Hussain is back in the news as his company is at the center of a deadly limousine highway crash outside Albany, NY. Jason P.W. Halperin, a Mintz Member and former federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District, is referenced in the article – his quotes pulled from a jury address in a bomb-plot case in which Mr. Hussain acted as a corroborating witness.

This New York Law Journal feature article highlights the arrival of experience trademark strategist, Michael Graif. Michael, who previously led the intellectual property practice at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, joins the Mintz New York office as a Member.

In this Law360 “Expert Analysis” column, a team of Mintz intellectual property attorneys discuss the Federal Circuit’s modified opinion in Power Integrations v. Fairchild. The piece notes that this opinion is a retreat from an earlier ruling that set an unattainable standard for invoking the entire market value rule. The column is authored by Member Steve Akerley, Of Counsel Philip Ducker and Associate Rob Moore.

Mintz Member and Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice Joseph M. Miller co-authored an article published by The Lexis Practice Advisor Journal explaining how antitrust enforcers, primarily the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, analyze health-insurer mergers.

Mintz Counsel Elaine Panagakos co-authored an article published by Automotive News that examined who might face legal claims following autonomous vehicle incidents.

This column notes that with the legal landscape surrounding SEPs shifting in many countries, it has never been more important to take a global view of patent assertion – but any cross-border litigation strategy needs careful consideration. A team of Mintz intellectual property attorneys including Members Mike Renaud and Jim Wodarski and Associate Rob Moore authored this column.