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New Jersey Law Journal

2021: Immigration Year in Review

Here the key changes of 2021, which will continue to impact the immigration and employment fields in the coming months and years.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

ESG Compliance Checkup: The Critical Components

Conducting a 'compliance checkup' on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will result in a go-forward plan scaled to the organization and fit for its specific needs—a plan that will position ESG compliance as a competitive advantage and prepare the company for the future.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Telehealth Provider Urges DC Circuit to Revive Medicare Reimbursement Challenge

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has said telehealth services provided by doctors living abroad aren't reimbursable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Meet the Judges Ruling Against Biden's Vaccine Mandates

Four district court judges, all Republican appointees, have blocked Biden's mandates for federal contractors or health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Patent Law Nominees Stark and Vidal Enjoy Clean Confirmation Hearings

Delaware U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark took a cautious approach as he seeks confirmation to a Federal Circuit seat. USPTO nominee Katherine Vidal told the committee that she supports more clarity in patent eligibility law, be it through the courts or Congress.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Davila Rejects Tech Companies' Challenge to USPTO's 'Fintiv' Rules

Supreme Court decisions preclude him from ruling on Apple, Google and others' Administrative Procedure Act challenge, the judge says. Tech companies have complained that the rules are fueling nonpracticing entity litigation.
4 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art with Law.com's Scott Graham: The Federal Circuit Will Get Another Experienced District Judge + Albright's First Patent Trial Likely to Withstand Appeal + The PTO Argument That 'Astounded' and 'Overwhemed' 2 CAFC Judges

U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark is seen as balanced, experienced and just the right amount of intellectual for a seat on the appellate court.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge Denies DOJ Bid to Disqualify Ex-Trump Official, Warns Against 'Furthering Partisan Causes'

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman said the DOJ's attempt to disqualify a lawyer who counseled former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr was a "mere shot across the bow meant to blur the real legal issue before the court."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Covington Picks Up a PTO Strategist and Administrative Patent Judge

Scott Weidenfeller, a vice chief judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, has worked with officials at the highest level of the PTO on patent eligibility and on defining the contours of the America Invents Act.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

The PTO Could Be Headed to Another Appointments Clause Challenge

Four months after the Supreme Court decided Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, a Federal Circuit judge has suggested that the decision didn't go far enough.
4 minute read

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