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Appellate Court: 'We See No Difference' Between Workers With Secondary Mental Impairments and Secondary Physical Impairments

The New Mexico Court of Appeals this week found that a portion of the Workers' Compensation Act discriminatorily limits disability benefits for workers with a secondary mental impairment compared to similarly situated workers with a secondary physical impairment.
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National Law Journal

The Entire $2.175 Billion Patent Verdict Against Intel Is Now in Jeopardy at the USPTO

Undaunted by criticism from an influential U.S. senator, the PTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board agreed Wednesday to review the second patent supporting the mega-award from U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's courtroom.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Librarian Entitled to Workers' Comp for Snowplow Injury in Parking Lot, NJ Supreme Court Rules

A New Jersey librarian's injuries from a snowplow incident are covered under the state's Workers' Compensation Act, the state Supreme Court ruled.
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Law.com

Appellate Court Upholds State's Largest-Ever Public Employee Pension Forfeiture for Former Town Manager

"Although we agree that the amount of the forfeiture is substantial, so too is the gravity of Bisignani's offenses and the degree of his culpability," the appellate panel wrote.
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National Law Journal

Senate Judiciary Confirms PTO Nominee Kathi Vidal by Wide Margin

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he's convinced that Vidal will maintain some of the patentee-friendly reforms of predecessor Andrei Iancu.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Chevron Doctrine' Could Meet Skeptical Supreme Court in Air Force Veteran's Benefits Battle

Latham & Watkins partner Roman Martinez and Richard Samp, senior litigation counsel of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, are handling the latest challenge to the controversial doctrine.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

SCOTUS Rejects Appeal Over Constitutionality of Pa.'s COVID Closures

The certiorari petition also argued that by dismissing the case as moot the Third Circuit allowed a split of authority on the constitutionality of these business closures.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Non-English Speaker Could Not Consent to DUI Blood Test, Commonwealth Court Said

O'Connor asked the driver if he refused to submit to a blood test, and Vazquez-Santiago said "no," but O'Connor later testified that he was not sure if the driver understood him, McCullough said.
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National Law Journal

Just 1 Judge Accounted for Nearly 25% of Patent Infringement Filings in 2021, New Report Says

Patent owners continued to converge on U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's Waco courtroom in 2021, though the number of patent infringement suits overall was flat, according to Unified Patents statistics.
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National Law Journal

Amid Challenge From New LLC, PTO to Take Another Look at Patent Worth $675 Million

A newly formed LLC has gotten traction where Intel Corp. previously failed, as the strange saga of a $2.175 billion patent infringement judgment continues to unfold.
6 minute read

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