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The Federal Circuit recently issued a significant decision in the ongoing patent litigation between Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) and Qiagen Sciences, LLC, reversing a Delaware district court’s judgment...more
In a significant blow to Apple, the Federal Circuit recently vacated a summary judgment of noninfringement in the case of Taction Technology, Inc. v. Apple Inc. The dispute centers on Taction’s U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and...more
While shifting political winds don’t literally blow through the trees, their force and impact can cause environmental policy to lurch back and forth. For instance, in 2020, during the final quarter of the first Trump...more
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) vacated a $300 million damages award because the district court used a flawed verdict form, which included only a single, blanket question as to...more
On May 28, 2025, the Supreme Court of Ohio passed on an opportunity to settle a long-standing legal question: Does Ohio law require a trial court to conduct an oral hearing before compelling arbitration under R.C. 2711.03?...more
In affirming a district court’s denial of a petition to vacate an arbitration award, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently rejected the argument “that manifest disregard of the law remains viable as an...more
Jordan v. Lynde, 330 A.3d 817 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2024) - The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant the appellants the 30-day response period required under Pa. R.Civ.P....more
The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s summary judgement of noninfringement, finding that the lower court had improperly construed the claim term “pull cord.” The district court had erroneously limited...more
Girardin v. AN Fort Myers Imports, LLC, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D2022-1485, February 19, 2025 - The First District Court of Appeal overturned an award for nonprofessional attendant care because the judge of compensation claims...more
In a February 18, 2025 unpublished opinion overruling the Circuit Court of Loudon County, the Court of Appeals of Virginia confirmed that under Va. Code § 8.01-271.1, an attorney facing sanctions must be afforded notice and...more
2024 brought exciting developments at the Federal Circuit. The court issued its first en banc decision in a patent case in five years in LKQ, which significantly altered the standard for proving obviousness of a design...more
On December 26, 2024, a merits panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) vacated the previously reported December 23, 2024 stay, giving new life to the nationwide preliminary injunction of the...more
Beneficial owners of reporting companies, as defined under the Corporate Transparency Act (31 U.S.C. § 5336) (the “CTA”), and anyone closely following recent activity surrounding the CTA and its Reporting Rule, are likely...more
On December 26th, just three days after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit effectively reinstated reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Fifth Circuit has now vacated its...more
On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and the rules and regulations...more
On December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) vacated its December 23, 2024 order which reinstated filing obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The Fifth...more
Only days after lifting the nationwide preliminary injunction, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated their decision to stay the district court’s preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more
Updated with FinCEN Response to Dec. 26 Fifth Circuit Decision - Chaos is officially the perfect word to describe the situation around the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)...more
On December 26, 2024, three days after a Fifth Circuit panel lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a different panel of the same court vacated the stay order...more
On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit entered an order that has the effect of again prohibiting the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and staying all CTA filing deadlines. A...more
On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals vacated the stay of the injunction on the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) that a panel had issued earlier in the week. As a result, the...more
The reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are once again paused, according to a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) filed on December 26,...more
Adding yet another chapter to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) saga, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 26 issued an order vacating its stay of the Texas federal district court’s preliminary...more
On December 3, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), less than a month before the deadline. The ruling temporarily...more
On December 26, 2024, the merits panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating the earlier motions panel’s order from December 23, 2024, that had granted a stay of the nationwide...more