January 2, 2024 - A routine practice in health care practices is the assignment of a patient's rights to benefits ("AOB") under a health plan to the patient's provider. Often, medical providers do not ...

Last spring in Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., the Federal Circuit ruled that the doctrine of assignor estoppel does not prevent an assignor from lodging a validity challenge of either patent ...

In August 2012, Minnesota enacted a new, more user-friendly statute governing the once seldom-used tool of Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (“ABC”). Since then, ABC’s have become more common.

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) is working on a new project to address inconsistencies in state laws related to "assignments for the benefit of creditors" (ABCs). ABCs are a process where a company's ...

This piece was co-written by Boston area intellectual property lawyer Thomas McNulty. Patents and patent applications are frequently assigned from one entity to another, for example between inventors ...