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Social Media Gets Some Respect from SCOTUS in First Amendment Case

In Packingham v. North Carolina, a North Carolina man was convicted for posting on Facebook while on the state's sex offender registry.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Give Gorsuch a Fair Hearing

Without in any way excusing or condoning the prior obstruction of Senate Republicans, we believe Judge Neil Gorsuch is entitled to a full and fair Senate hearing as early as practicable.
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Daily Business Review

Justices Pose Tough Questions in Nursing Home Arbitration Case

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said of the retirement home cases: "The context here seems different from the arbitration cases that we've had in recent years."
11 minute read

The Recorder

Supreme Court Limits Patent Liability for Component Makers in Global Supply Chain

A unanimous court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, ruling that shipping a single component cannot trigger a provision of the Patent Act that applies extraterritorially.
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Supreme Court Brief

Trump Administration Casts Cloud Over Transgender Case at High Court

As the Trump administration mulls announcing a solicitor general, a shift away from an Obama-era policy on the scope of transgender rights at public schools could affect the marquee civil rights case of the current U.S. Supreme Court term. That shift in policy, announced late Wednesday, has already cast more than the normal uncertainty over what the justices may do with the case, Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. Oral argument is, for now, set for March 28.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

With Eyes on Patent Venue Reform, What Should In-House Counsel Expect?

The Supreme Court and Congress are both taking up patent venue reform, and legal departments should pay close attention.
13 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Docket Chat: Where Have All the SG's Gone?

In the oral argument session that began today and ends March 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear only seven cases instead of the usual 12. The President's Day holiday on Monday accounts for some of the paucity, but the court's desire to slow down the docket in hopes of the arrival of a ninth justice may also be a factor. Sparse as it is in numbers, the February argument session also has few marquee cases.
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National Law Journal

John Roberts, in Border-Shooting Case, Raises Specter of Drone Killings

U.S. Supreme Court arguments Tuesday over the cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager by a federal border officer moved deeper into uncharted legal territory when Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. raised the specter of drone shootings.
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Litigation Daily

Neil Gorsuch's 'Law's Irony' Makes High Court Appearance

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's thinking on deference to federal agencies and the ever-increasing number of federal criminal statutes could make an appearance next week in the U.S. Supreme Court. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, in an amicus brief, quoted some of Gorsuch's remarks in his speech "Law's Irony," where he questioned whether the scope of U.S. criminal statutes had stretched too far.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Data Breach Class Action Plaintiffs Receive Article III Standing

Third Circuit finds alleged Fair Credit Reporting Act violation sufficient to confer Article III standing to data breach class action plaintiffs.
14 minute read

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