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by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
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Recent Bluessky Posts- Jotwell IP: Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Clinical Trial Transparency and Patent Prior Art, JOTWELL (Apr 30, 2026) (reviewing Dennis Byrski & Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Marketing Authorization and Strategic Patenting: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals, 247 J. Pub. Econ. 105415 (2025)), ip.jotwell.com/clinical-tri... April 30, 2026 Jotwell
- Had one been elected promising national health that would have been strong evidence of a winning coalition for it. That sort of thing becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy sometimes. Electoral campaigns are not the moment to discuss the nuts and bolts of horse-trading. They're the time to inspire. April 29, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Emma Cave, Keeping Pace with Technological Advances, JOTWELL (April 29, 2026) (reviewing Neera Bhatia, Technology, Health, and Law in Life and Death Before the Cradle to Beyond the Grave (2025)), health.jotwell.com/keeping-pace.... April 29, 2026 Jotwell
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- Sad to learn that Barney Frank has entered hospice. Unfortunate he turned against the party's left, his natural allies, later in his career. April 29, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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