Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the following cases:
Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17-1618, Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda, No. 17-1623: Whether discrimination against an employee because of sexual...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions this morning:
Biestek v. Berryhill, No. 17-1184: Petitioner Michael Biestek, a former construction laborer, applied for social security disability benefits...more
Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in four cases:
Ramos v. Louisiana, No. 18-5924: Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict....more
Today, the Supreme Court issued three decisions:
Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc., No. 17-1625: Section 505 of the Copyright Act permits courts to award “full costs” to a party in a civil action. Broadly interpreting...more
3/6/2019
/ Appeals ,
BNSF Railway Company v Loos ,
Certiorari ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Registration ,
Damages ,
Expert Fees ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Prevailing Party ,
Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) ,
Rimini Street Inc v Oracle USA Inc ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
USPTO
Today, the Supreme Court issued one decision:
Yovino v. Rizo, No. 18-272: Eleven days after Judge Stephen Reinhardt passed away, the Ninth Circuit filed an en banc decision listing Judge Reinhardt as the author of the...more
2/26/2019
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Certiorari ,
Deceased ,
Discovery Rule ,
En Banc Review ,
Equal Pay Act ,
FDCPA ,
Judge Reinhardt ,
Judicial Review ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Yovino v Rizo
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning:
Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229: Every patent statute over the past two centuries has included an...more
1/23/2019
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Certiorari ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Helsinn Healthcare SA v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc ,
Inventions ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Public Use ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 102 ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision today:
United States v. Stitt, No. 17-765; United States v. Sims, No. 17-766: Respondents in these two consolidated cases were both convicted in federal...more
Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the following case:
PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc., No 17-1705: Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the Federal...more
On Friday afternoon, October 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases:
Return Mail, Inc. v. USPS, No. 17-1594: Whether the government is a “person” who may petition to institute...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in five cases:
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, No. 17-1471: (1) Whether an original defendant to a class-action claim can remove the class action if it...more
9/28/2018
/ CAFA ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Discretionary Functions ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) ,
Home Depot ,
Liquor Licences ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Medicare ,
Notice and Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
The Copyright Act ,
Twenty-First Amendment
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in seven cases:
Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP, No. 17-1307: Whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to non-judicial foreclosure...more
6/29/2018
/ Certiorari ,
Copyright ,
Debt Collection ,
Double Jeopardy ,
Failure To Warn ,
FDCPA ,
First Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Native American Issues ,
Non-Judicial Foreclosures ,
Probable Cause ,
State Sovereignty
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
Ohio v. American Express Co., No 16-1454: American Express (Amex), like all credit-card companies, operates a transaction network that serves two groups:...more
6/26/2018
/ Abbott v Perez ,
America Invents Act ,
American Express ,
Anti-Steering Rules ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Certiorari ,
Expert Testimony ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Gerrymandering ,
Ohio v American Express ,
Patents ,
Racial Gerrymandering ,
Redistricting ,
SCOTUS ,
Sherman Act ,
Tribal Lands ,
Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions today:
Gill v. Whitford, No. 16-1161: Twelve Democratic voters in Wisconsin brought a complaint claiming that the state redistricting done under Act 43 was a...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions today:
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., No. 16-476: In the 1990s, Congress enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), 28...more
5/15/2018
/ BNSF Railway ,
Bodily Injury ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Death Penalty ,
Murder ,
NCAA ,
PASPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Search & Seizure ,
Wiretapping
Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases:
Frank v. Gaos, No. 17-961: Whether, or in what circumstances, a cy pres award of class action proceeds that provides no direct relief to class members supports...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today:
Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, No. 16-712: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, 35 U.S.C. §100 et seq., went into effect...more
4/25/2018
/ Alien Tort Statute ,
America Invents Act ,
Article III ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Due Process ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
SCOTUS ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Takings Clause ,
USPTO
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions yesterday -
United States v. Microsoft Corp., No. 17-2: Federal law enforcement agents obtained a warrant under 18 U.S.C. §2703, requiring Microsoft to...more
4/18/2018
/ Aggravated Felony ,
Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
Cloud Storage ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Data Storage ,
Deportation ,
Habeas Corpus ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ,
Ireland ,
Murder ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Sessions v Dimaya ,
Stored Communications Act ,
US v Microsoft ,
Violent Felonies ,
Wilson v Sellers
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, No. 16-1362: The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay covered employees overtime compensation,...more
4/3/2018
/ Car Dealerships ,
Certiorari ,
Excessive Force ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Law Enforcement ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
Qualified Immunity ,
Robbery ,
SCOTUS ,
Service Advisors ,
Wage and Hour
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, No. 15-1439: Respondents are three pension funds and an individual who purchased shares of Cyan, Inc....more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions yesterday:
National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense, No. 16-299: In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers...more
On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to hear arguments in twelve cases:
Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome, No. 16-1220: Whether a court may exercise independent review of an appearing...more
1/17/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Animal Science Products Inc v Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ,
Appointments Clause ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Certiorari ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Lagos v United States ,
Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act ,
Native American Issues ,
Patents ,
Physical Presence Test ,
Redistricting ,
SCOTUS ,
Sentencing ,
Treaties
On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to hear arguments in seven cases:
China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, No. 17-432: Whether the rule from American Pipe and Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974),...more
Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the three cases:
Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, No. 16-1435: Is Minnesota Statute Section 211B.11, which broadly bans all political apparel at the polling place,...more
On Thursday, September 28, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the following cases:
Janus v. American Federation, No. 16-1466: Should Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977), which held that it...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in five cases today:
California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc., No. 16-373: Lehman Brothers’ collapse led to a number of securities...more
6/27/2017
/ Birth Certificates ,
Bivens Claims ,
CalPERS v ANZ Securities ,
Certiorari ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Davila v Davis ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Grants ,
Hernandez v Mesa ,
Jury Instructions ,
Mexico ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Remand ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v Comer