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Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Appointments Clause En Banc Review

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Houston, We (May) Have a Constitutional Problem: Fifth Circuit Puts NLRB Structure in the Hot Seat

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In Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board (the “SpaceX Case”), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld injunctions issued by federal district courts in Texas. The injunctions...more

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En Banc Federal Circuit Declines To Address The Constitutionality Of Administrative Patent Judges And The Constitutional Remedy Of...

On March 23, 2020, the Federal Circuit denied the petitions for rehearing en banc filed in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, a decision which found the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges (“APJs”) unconstitutional under the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Strategic Considerations for PTAB Appellants and Appellees in a Post-Arthrex World

On October 31, 2019, a Federal Circuit panel issued Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., holding that administrative patent judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) were unconstitutionally-appointed...more

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In Split 5-to-5 Decision, En Banc D.C. Circuit Denies Petition for Review in Lucia v. SEC

On June 26, 2017, the D.C. Circuit, en banc, split 5-to-5 on whether to grant a petition seeking to overturn an August 2016 ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit that determined that SEC administrative law judges...more

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Court Grants CFPB's Petition for Rehearing in PHH

The D.C. Circuit has vacated its prior order in PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and ordered the matter be reheard en banc. The parties have been specifically asked to address the following issues in...more

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D.C. Circuit grants CFPB’s petition for rehearing en banc in PHH case

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The D.C. Circuit has entered an order granting the CFPB’s petition for rehearing en banc in the PHH case.  Because the order was issued per curiam, it does not indicate which of the active judges voted to grant the petition...more

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