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US Supreme Court Explores Venue in Patent Cases

Plaintiffs in patent-infringement cases enjoy tremendous discretion in ­selecting the venue in which they bring suit. The district that receives the most such cases—perhaps because of perceived plaintiff-friendly discovery rules—is the Eastern District of Texas.
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New York Law Journal

No Mention of Gorsuch at Sotomayor's Albany Law Talk

By | April 04, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talked to law students about her family, the collegial relationship among her fellow justices and the roles of passion and empathy in a legal career, but she made no mention of the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings of Neil Gorsuch in an appearance at Albany Law School Monday evening.
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Corporate Counsel

Jevic: Supreme Court Dismisses Priority-Skipping in Structural Bankruptcy Exits

In the hotly-awaited decision Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that "structured dismissals" of bankruptcy cases cannot distribute estate assets to certain creditors in derogation of the Bankruptcy Code's priority rules. This decision disrupts an existing practice in Chapter 11 cases with unconfirmable bankruptcy plans where parties negotiated settlements inconsistent with the code's priority scheme.
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National Law Journal

Labor Lawyers Look for Guidance in Justices' EEOC Ruling

Employers who succeed or fail in blocking an investigative subpoena by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will find the district court's decision likely to survive on appeal under a standard the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday.
20 minute read

National Law Journal

Labor Lawyers Look for Guidance in Justices' EEOC Ruling

Employers who succeed or fail in blocking an investigative subpoena by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will find the district court's decision likely to survive on appeal under a standard the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Form vs. Function: A Guide to IP Rights in Furniture and Fixtures

Although sometimes complicated and costly, with careful planning, furniture and fixture makers can obtain intellectual property protection for their designs with a combination of copyright, patent and trademark law. With the "Star Athletica" decision, those efforts may just be a bit easier.
15 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Pets for Vets

By | April 01, 2017
Like most dog lovers, Jan Potts understands how owning a canine can improve a person's life.
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The Legal Intelligencer

The Senate's Uneventful Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

Recently, we discussed in prior articles the antitrust legacy of Neil Gorsuch, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States. Gorsuch has significant antitrust experience, both in private practice and on the bench. While at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Gorsuch defended "Baby Bell" SBC Communications, a company formed after the Federal Trade Commission's breakup of AT&T, and prosecuted (to a jury verdict) what is widely considered to be one of the largest private antitrust awards in Conwood v. United States Tobacco. As a judge on the Tenth Circuit, Gorsuch has written several high-profile antitrust opinions, among them Novell v. Microsoft, a case in which the Tenth Circuit concluded Microsoft had no duty under the Sherman Antitrust Act to share its intellectual property with rival software-developer Novell. Indeed, during Gorsuch's four-day Senate confirmation hearing last week, Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar called Gorsuch as an antitrust expert.
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National Law Journal

Michele Roberts Still Haunted by Decades-Old Murder Case, Now at Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday revisited the 1985 trial of 10 young gang members for the killing of a mother of six, a trial and case that one of the lead defense lawyers said she has been unable "to shake from my conscience."
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Supreme Court Brief

Justices to Consider Trump Request to Delay Water Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will consider the Trump administration's request that the justices indefinitely delay briefing on a key issue in pending challenges against an Obama-era environmental rule that broadened the scope of protections accorded to U.S waterways.
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