In this episode, recorded on Sept. 14, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah returns to review the 2019 Supreme Court Term and preview the big cases and topics in the October 2020 Term.
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9/25/2020
/ Abortion ,
Absentee Voting ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Alien Tort Statute ,
Ballots ,
Certiorari ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DACA ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Human Rights ,
Individual Mandate ,
LGBTQ ,
Native American Issues ,
Oral Argument ,
Presidential Elections ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Elections ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Supreme Court Justices ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
• The Supreme Court in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. held 7-2 that because ION exported components of WesternGeco’s patented system in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2), WesternGeco was entitled to recover damages...more
6/26/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) ,
35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Appeals ,
Damages ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Sales ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
• The Supreme Court in Jesner v. Arab Bank ruled 5-4 that suits against foreign corporations under the ATS are barred, answering a question left unresolved in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
• Although the decision...more