Supreme Court Asks For Administration’s Input On Device Pre-emption Case
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Supreme Court asks solicitor general to weigh in on a suit against Medtronic with implications for federal pre-emption. In other Supreme Court updates, the court decided not to hear a completely separate appeal from Medtronic on a TAVR patent infringement suit; and a physician is trying to bring his stent patent case against Johnson & Johnson to the high court.
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