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dsm-firmenich initiates patent infringement litigation in China regarding production of Sclareol via biotechnology

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:05:53 EDT

dsm-firmenich, innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, has initiated patent infringement litigation before the Xiong'An New District Court of Hebei Province, China, against multiple Chinese entities, including a sclareol producer and a research institute. The legal petition alleges the unauthorized use of dsm-firmenich's patent for the production of sclareol - a valuable intermediate in the production of amber ingredients such as Ambrox® Super. dsm-firmenich requested that the Court o...

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Do alumni relationships between judges and lawyers affect court rulings?

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:37:34 EDT

Using Florida medical malpractice cases with randomly assigned judges, investigators found that sharing a law school with the presiding judge boosted a plaintiff's attorney's probability of recovering damages by approximately 2 percentage points. - - The researchers found no comparable effects when judges and lawyers attended different law schools of similar rank or shared the same gender or minority status, suggesting that the result is not driven by school quality or these other observabl...

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