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February 24, 2025
Patent Eligibility Appeals 'Will Not Go Away,' Justices Told
Another plea to hear a patent eligibility case has been lodged at the U.S. Supreme Court, this time in an amicus brief from the owner of two invalidated patents covering medical machinery that warned "the problem will not go away. The problem will get worse and worse."
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February 24, 2025
Justices Told Illinois High Court Should Weigh Tire IP Dispute
Atturo Tire Corp. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to have the top court in Illinois address whether the Federal Circuit wrongly discarded a $10 million award against Toyo Tire Corp. for interfering with Atturo's business through patent settlements with other companies.
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February 24, 2025
Border Wall Cos. Learned Of Fund Row In 2024, 5th Circ. Told
A group of contractors told the Fifth Circuit Monday that they had no choice but to intervene in Texas and Missouri's suit over border wall funds on the eve of a final judgment because they were only notified days before that a preliminary injunction regarding the funds would affect them.
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February 24, 2025
Ill. Court Clears Holiday Inn In Suit Over Migrant's Suicide
A Chicago-area Holiday Inn that housed several migrants from Venezuela was properly cut loose from a wrongful death suit over a migrant's suicide, an Illinois appeals court ruled Monday, saying the hotel did not enable the suicide by leaving a rope in a stairwell.
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February 24, 2025
CPKC Tells DC Circ. Gov't Merger Approval 'Airtight'
Canadian Pacific Kansas City is defending the government's approval of the $31 billion merger that created the railroad, telling the D.C. Circuit to reject a challenge to that decision because there was no flaw in the Surface Transportation Board's findings.
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February 24, 2025
DC Circ. To Hear Judge Newman's Appeal In April
The D.C. Circuit has set a date in April to hear an appeal from Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, who is fighting her suspension from the bench for refusing to undergo medical tests.
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February 24, 2025
Connecticut High Court Pick Wary Of Judicial Activism
The chief judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court drew bright lines between the judicial and legislative branches Monday as lawmakers considered his nomination to the state Supreme Court, telling the General Assembly's Joint Judiciary Committee that he has "never been elected to anything" and does not intend to make law from the bench.
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February 24, 2025
Fla. Teacher Wins Appeal Over Memes Posted To Social Media
A Florida state appellate court overturned a punishment handed to a math teacher who was suspended for three days over posting political memes to his Facebook profile, saying his right to free speech was violated because the posts were a matter of public concern and didn't disrupt school operations.
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February 24, 2025
'Fraternal Duty' No Grounds For Conspiracy, 11th Circ. Told
A Georgia man found guilty last year of participating in a bid-rigging and price-fixing scheme for tens of millions of dollars of ready-mix concrete contracts asked the Eleventh Circuit Friday to throw out his conviction, arguing federal prosecutors failed to prove a wide-ranging conspiracy that captured the coastal concrete market.
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February 24, 2025
Colo. Justices Toss Student's COVID Refund Class Action
A Colorado State University student seeking classwide fee refunds for campus shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic can't allege unjust enrichment after her breach of contract claims were tossed, according to a state Supreme Court decision Monday that found the student's position would "obliterate the difference" between the two claims.
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February 24, 2025
PBMs To Challenge FTC Case At 8th Circ., But Without Pause
A Missouri federal judge summarily refused, again, on Monday to temporarily block the Federal Trade Commission's in-house case accusing Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx of artificially inflating insulin prices, letting the case proceed while the pharmacy benefits managers appeal to the Eighth Circuit.
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February 24, 2025
Anti-Abortion Group Appeals In Reproductive Rights Law Row
An anti-abortion organization is turning to the Second Circuit to try to revive its suit claiming a New York state law that bars employers from penalizing workers for their reproductive health decisions, such as ending a pregnancy, infringes on its constitutional rights.
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February 24, 2025
Vape Interests Urge 6th Circ. To Halt Kentucky E-Cig Law
A coalition of e-cigarette interests is urging the Sixth Circuit to halt enforcement of a new Kentucky law regulating vaping products while their appeal plays out.
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February 24, 2025
Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Colo. Tax Ballot Title Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling by the Tenth Circuit that a Colorado law requiring that financial impacts be included in the titles of some tax-related ballot initiatives does not cause "improperly compelled" speech.
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February 24, 2025
Fed. Circ. Revives Irish Food Biz Kerry's Meat-Curing Patent
Irish food flavoring business Kerry Group persuaded the Federal Circuit on Monday to order administrative patent board judges to take another look at a patent the company owns covering a purportedly new way to prepare cured meats.
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February 24, 2025
4th Circ. Won't Block DOL's H-2A Minimum Wage Rule
A Biden-era rule from the U.S. Department of Labor that shook up how it calculates minimum wages paid to H-2A visa workers may stand, the Fourth Circuit ruled Monday, saying blocking the regulation would harm both domestic and foreign workers and inflict hardship on farm owners.
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February 24, 2025
1st Circ. Won't Revive Dr.'s Retaliation Claim Against Hospital
A radiologist can't reinstate a whistleblower and discrimination lawsuit against a Boston hospital she says sidelined her after she reported concerns about a colleague dubbed "the Boston Butcher," the First Circuit has ordered.
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February 24, 2025
Ga. Sports Bar Escapes Liability For Drunken Fatal Crash
The Georgia Court of Appeals has released a sports bar from liability in two suits over a fatal crash allegedly caused by a soldier who was driving drunk, ruling Monday that the bar had no way of foreseeing that the soldier would get behind the wheel after he returned home from a night out.
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February 24, 2025
Osage Reservation Boundary Case Is Meritless, Court Told
Oklahoma Tax Commission officials are urging a federal district court to dismiss a motion by the Osage Nation that seeks acknowledgment of its reservation's continued existence, arguing that the decades-old case arises out of the tribe's attempt to avoid state taxation of its members.
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February 24, 2025
Justices Weigh Potentially Key Standing Issue In DNA Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday aggressively probed whether reinstating a district court ruling finding Texas' postconviction DNA testing procedures unconstitutional would give a man on death row legal standing to seek DNA evidence that could prove he is not eligible for the death penalty.
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February 24, 2025
3rd Circ. Says Discovery Defiance Dooms Vax Bias Suit
The Third Circuit backed the dismissal of a Jehovah's Witness' suit claiming 3M fired her out of religious bias for opposing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying it was a proper punishment for purposefully ignoring discovery orders probing whether her beliefs were sincere.
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February 24, 2025
High Court Won't Hear Bankruptcy 'Safe Harbor' Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a dispute over what transactions are protected from clawback by a trustee, leaving in place a Second Circuit decision finding that the U.S. Bankruptcy Code's safe harbor provisions trump the trustee's state-law based fraudulent transfer claims.
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February 24, 2025
DA Willis Says 'Makes No Sense' To DQ Her From Trump Case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis is arguing to the Georgia Supreme Court that her disqualification from prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others was unprecedented, asserting that her ousting over the appearance of impropriety creates a dangerous precedent.
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February 24, 2025
Law Firm Must Face Malpractice Suit Over Home Project Case
The New Jersey Appellate Division reinstated a malpractice suit against a Garden State firm on Monday in a published decision finding that the plaintiff was allowed to assign some of the proceeds of the case to third parties ahead of time.
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February 24, 2025
Migrant Group Says Challenge Of Blocked Iowa Law Not Moot
An immigrant services group asked the Eighth Circuit to reconsider an order dismissing its challenge of a controversial Iowa law criminalizing certain noncitizens in the Hawkeye State, saying a preliminary injunction granted to the U.S. government doesn't moot its own challenge.
Expert Analysis
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Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Patent Lessons From 4 Federal Circuit Reversals In September
Cases that were reversed or vacated by the Federal Circuit last month provide helpful clarity on collateral estoppel, patent eligibility, construction of claim terms that have different boundaries across different claims, and the role of courts as neutral arbiter, say attorneys at Bunsow De Mory.
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11th Circ. Ruling Offers Refresher On 'Sex-Plus' Bias Claims
While the Eleventh Circuit’s recent ruling in McCreight v. AuburnBank dismissed former employees’ sex-plus-age discrimination claims, the opinion reminds employers to ensure that workplace policies and practices do not treat a subgroup of employees of one sex differently than the same subgroup of another sex, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.
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Ex-Chicago Politician's Case May Further Curb Fraud Theories
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Thompson v. U.S. to determine whether a statement that is misleading but not false still violates federal law, potentially heralding the court’s largest check yet on prosecutors’ expansive fraud theories, with significant implications for sentencing, say attorneys at the Law Offices of Alan Ellis.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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High Stakes In Justices' Review Of Clean Air Act Venue Fights
Disputes over the Clean Air Act's venue provision may seem arcane, but a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision encompassing three cases will affect core principles of the separation of powers and constitutional due process in ways that could have significant consequences for the regulated community, say J. Michael Showalter and David Loring at ArentFox Schiff.
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Testing The Waters As New Texas Biz Court Ends 2nd Month
Despite an uptick in filings in the Texas Business Court's initial months of operation, the docket remains fairly light amid an apparent wait-and-see approach from some potential litigants, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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Employer Lessons From Mass. 'Bonus Not Wages' Ruling
In Nunez v. Syncsort, a Massachusetts state appeals court recently held that a terminated employee’s retention bonus did not count as wages under the state’s Wage Act, illustrating the nuanced ways “wages” are defined by state statutes and courts, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling May Signal Software Patent Landscape Shift
The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Broadband iTV, despite similarities to past decisions, chose to rely on prior cases finding patent-ineligible claims directed to receiving and displaying information, which may undermine one of the few areas of perceived predictability in the patent eligibility landscape, say attorneys at King & Wood.
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Series
After Chevron: The Future Of OSHA Enforcement Litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Loper Bright provides a blueprint for overruling the judicial obligation to defer to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations established by Auer, an outcome that would profoundly change the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s litigation and rulemaking landscape, say attorneys at Ogletree.
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What Hawaii High Court Got Right And Wrong In AIG Ruling
Though the Hawaii Supreme Court in its recent Aloha Petroleum v. National Union Fire Insurance decision correctly adopted the majority rule that recklessly caused harm is an accident for coverage purposes, it erred in its interpretation of the pollution exclusion by characterizing climate change as "traditional environmental pollution," say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Amazon Holiday Pay Case Underscores Overtime Challenges
The recent Hamilton v. Amazon.com Services LLC decision in the Colorado Supreme Court underscores why employers must always consult applicable state law and regulations — in addition to federal law — when determining how to properly pay employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek, says James Looby at Vedder Price.