On Friday, March 14, 2025, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed, pending appeal, the injunction previously entered by Judge Adam Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Taxpayers seeking to contest real property tax values established by assessing jurisdictions across the country often have a short window of opportunity to contest their new valuation. Property taxes are frequently the largest…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
The Legislative Changes to HB 126 Introduced in 2024 Were Not Enacted Into Law - In 2024, there were two separate efforts by the Ohio legislature to amend House Bill 126 (HB 126) to address and clarify issues that have resulted…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Filmore Parc Apartments II v. Norman White, et al., Case No. 2024-CA-0475 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2/14/2025). Last month, a Louisiana appellate court determined that an apartment complex’s affordable housing units were not eligible…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Recently, in Save Ohio Parks v. Oil & Gas Land Mgt. Comm., 2025-Ohio-847, Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 119.12 does not provide a right to appeal the decisions of the Oil & Gas Land Management Commission…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the Federal Circuit's decision in Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon, Inc. Overview - The Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) finding of unpatentability…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare LLC. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed in part, reversed in part and…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the Federal Circuit's decision in HD Silicon Solutions LLC v. Microchip Technology Inc. In HD Silicon Solutions LLC, the Federal Circuit addressed an appeal from the USPTO Patent…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently emphasized that Section 337’s domestic…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Terminated NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox challenged her removal from the Board and President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the NLRB’s membership in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
On February 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case that could alter the legal landscape for employment discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A recent decision from the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District has created a split on whether employees can bring “headless” Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims. “Headless” PAGA refers to the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Several U.S. states, including Washington, New York, California, and Massachusetts, are proposing new laws targeting apparel and footwear manufacturers, importers, and retailers. These laws aim to regulate the fashion industry…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Environmental Law
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Regeneron Pharms., Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc. In Regeneron Pharms., Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
After just 11 days in his new role, in mid-February, NLRB Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen circulated a GC memorandum to all NLRB field offices, revoking certain GC memoranda issued by former General Counsel Jennifer…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
