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Daily Dicta: From Lungs to Livers, Boies Schiller Is Suing to Upend Who Gets Donated Organs

Litigators from Boies Schiller Flexner are fighting to remove what they say are arbitrary geographic distribution criteria so that donated livers go to the sickest candidates first.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Tougher Standard for Age Discrimination? | A Wish List for Overruling Precedents | Supreme Court Headlines

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. We're looking at today's argument in an age-discrimination dispute, and several pending petitions ask the justices to overrule precedent. Thanks for reading!
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Won't Confront, for Now, Scope of Excessive Fines Clause

Colorado's lawyers argued the U.S. Constitution's excessive fines provision applies to individuals, not corporations. "Corporations, of course, do not have liberty rights and cannot be imprisoned for failing to pay a fine," the state's solicitor, Eric Olson, told the justices.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

A Rare Amicus Brief in Church-State Case | Feuding Over the Record in Abortion Case | Gender Diversity Dwindles at SG's Office | Cooley Hires Prelogar

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. We're looking at an amicus brief in the term's major religion case from someone who has some very personal experience in the area. Plus, scroll down to see who the U.S. solicitor's office recently hired. Thanks for reading!
11 minute read

The Recorder

Morrison & Foerster Brings PTAB Judge Alex Yap Back Into the Fold

Friends at the firm and its strong PTAB practice bench proved irresistible following a four-year stint on the board, he says.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

DOBI Commissioner Held Immune From Suit Over Modifying Evidentiary Rulings

Commissioner Marlene Caride was entitled to quasi-judicial absolute immunity when she made the ruling that prompted the suit, Judge Freda Wolfson ruled.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Dept. OLC Memos Have No 'Force of Law,' Feds Tell Appeals Court

DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel "simply renders legal advice and has no power to determine the 'rights or obligations' of, or impose 'legal consequences' on, plaintiffs or anyone else," the Justice Department asserted in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

'Under a Cloud of Doubt': Patent Practices Pivot Following the Federal Circuit's 'Arthrex' Decision

PTAB practices have been "morphing almost on a daily basis" since the appellate court started weighing in on the PTO's Appointments Clause problem for its 275 administrative patent judges.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Jenner's Gershengorn Will Tackle Indian Law Question—Again | Latham's Pro Bono Win | SCOTUS Books

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief -- Jenner's Ian Gershengorn is returning to argue a key dispute over Native American law, and Latham scores a pro bono victory for the homeless. Plus: a roundup of new and notable Supreme Court books. Thanks for reading -- and happy holidays to all.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pharmacies Should Be Involved in Insurers' Utilization Reviews, Court Rules

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that pharmacies should have a say in insurers' review of the necessity of medications prescribed to workers' compensation claimants.
3 minute read

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