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A Big Day at the Court, with a Few Small, Unanimous Decisions - SCOTUS Today

Yesterday might ultimately be remembered as among the most consequential days in the history of the Supreme Court and the nation. That will be determined when a decision in Trump v. Anderson is issued....more

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Should Digital Firearms Information Be Considered Protected Speech

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DEFENSE DISTRIBUTED V PLATKIN - Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation brought a lawsuit against New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, claiming that a law prohibiting the distribution of digital...more

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Business Restructuring Review September-October 2023 | Vol. 22 No. 5

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Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” preventing avoidance in bankruptcy of certain securities, commodity, or forward-contract payments has long been a magnet for controversy. Several noteworthy court rulings...more

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Virginia Moves to Dismiss Suit Claiming Denial of Voting Rights to Felons Violates Civil War Era Statute

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In June, four individuals and an advocacy organization for previously incarcerated individuals brought suit in the Eastern District of Virginia against several state and local officials alleging that Virginia was denying...more

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Trump v. Carroll, Part I: Should the DC Court of Appeals Decide the Scope of the President’s Employment?

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On January 11, the full complement of active judges of the District of Columbia’s highest court spent more than two and a half hours hearing oral argument about the District’s respondeat superior liability standard in Trump...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Court Upholds Law Ending the Religious Exemption to Immunizations for Students in Connecticut Schools

Connecticut law has required public and private schools to condition a student’s entry into school upon providing proof of immunizations against certain communicable diseases (including but not limited to diphtheria,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals From The PTAB: Summaries of Key 2019 Decisions: Regents of the Univ. of Minn. v. LSI Corp., 926 F.3d 1327...

LSI and Ericsson petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of several patents owned by the University of Minnesota (UMN). UMN moved to dismiss each IPR based on state sovereign immunity. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

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Data Privacy Exposure Hits the Public Sector: Lessons from the OPM Data Breach Class Action, Whistleblower Actions, and the GAO...

Data privacy litigation and enforcement actions continue to roil the private sector, most recently with the FTC’s announcement of a $425 million settlement with Equifax in the wake of the Equifax data breach. Less discussed...more

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State Universities Are Not Immune From Challenges to Their Patents at the USPTO

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Under constitutional principles of United States law, states generally enjoy sovereign immunity. This immunity, enshrined in the 11th amendment of the US Constitution, bars private parties from bringing lawsuits against the...more

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States Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity to Shield Their Patents From IPR

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In a precedential decision, issued June 14, 2019, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s ruling against the University of Minnesota, declining to dismiss petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”). The court rejected the...more

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Supreme Court Decides Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt

On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, No. 17-1299, holding that a private party may not sue a non-consenting state in another state’s courts. In Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410...more

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2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions

In 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketed close to 600 appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). That is the second highest number since starting to hear post-American Invents Act...more

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Year in Review: Top Five Biosimilar Legal Developments of 2018

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Here are our picks for the top five most significant legal developments of 2018 that may impact the biosimilar industry: 1. New Law Requiring FTC/DOJ Review Of Biosimilar Patent Litigation Settlements - With the...more

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Significant 2018 Patent Decisions and a Look Ahead

This year the Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Federal District Courts penned a number of opinions impacting patent law. Here are some key takeaways from the past year....more

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State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs

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State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs - Today, many universities own extensive patent portfolios that are managed by sophisticated tech transfer offices. Universities obtain these patents for many reasons, not the...more

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Plus Feature: Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Class Certification on Spokeo Grounds in FACTA Class Action

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On December 13, 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a plaintiff’s motion for class certification under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”). In the first federal appellate...more

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How Not to Moot a Case: Supreme Court Rules Case Remains Live After Unaccepted Offer of Settlement

On January 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States decided another case in a line of cases addressing the issue of class action mootness. Specifically, the justices ruled that an unaccepted settlement offer or offer...more

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Supreme Court Grants Cert In U.S. Navy Texting Suit

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On May 18, 2015, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider the issue of whether a proposed class action is mooted when the named plaintiff receives an offer of complete relief on his claim. See...more

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Call Answered: Supreme Court to Decide if Offer of Judgment Moots TCPA Class Action and Scope of Gov’t Contractor Liability

On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action. The case raises two related questions that are the source of frequent litigation...more

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