Charles Klein Discusses Hatch-Waxman at the 15th Annual Eastern District Conference

Charles Klein, a litigation partner in Winston & Strawn’s Washington, D.C. office, spoke at the 15th Annual Eastern District Bench Bar Conference on September 26, 2011, in Irving, Texas.  Together with the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the event marks the first ever Federal Circuit Bar Association/ Eastern District of Texas Joint Bench/Bar Conference.

In a session titled “Hatch-Waxman Local Rules & Pharmaceutical Litigation in ED Texas,” Klein discussed the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act. He was joined on the panel by Stephanie Barnes, Stephen Hash, and Collin Maloney. 

Other topics addressed at the conference included:

• An Insider’s View of Best Practices in the Eastern District of Texas and the Federal Circuit.
• Balancing the Economics of Discovery. Insuring Access to Documents That Matter While Keeping Justice Affordable.
• Judicial Economy Versus De Novo Review in Claim Construction.
• Settlement Perspectives: Impediments to Resolution of IP & Other Complex Cases.
• Myths and Mysteries of ED Texas.
• Random Texas Thoughts. Marshalling the Evidence. Is a Texan A Different Breed of Cat?
• Electronic Polling and Emerging Management Techniques & Tradeoffs in Multiple Party Cases.