A look at a recent case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled to narrow the scope of criminal asset forfeiture.
August 01, 2017ljnstaff
Patent owners have taken control of the patent reform debate in the 115th Congress, but it's not clear yet who's supposed to be listening.
July 03, 2017Scott GrahamSupreme Court Turns Back Clock
Although TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods answers the question of where a domestic corporation resides in patent infringement cases, it does not fully answer the question of where proper venue lies.
July 02, 2017Christopher Gaspar and Sean HybergSocial media gained a new level of First Amendment respect on June 19 as the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina law that barred registered sex offenders from posting on social networking sites.
July 02, 2017Tony MauroIt is rare for a discovery sanction case to reach the nation's highest court. But on April 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, reversing a $2.7 million sanctions award that had been rendered by an Arizona district court and affirmed by a divided Ninth Circuit panel.
July 02, 2017Michael Hoenig'Disparaging' Trademarks Decision
High Court Declines Takedown Notice/Fair Use CaseJuly 02, 2017ljnstaff | Law Journal NewslettersThe Supreme Court's decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark is the latest Supreme Court ruling to eviscerate years-long, patentee-friendly Federal Circuit precedent.
July 01, 2017Robin L. McGrathRecognizing a Fifth Amendment privilege for corporations — whether through wholesale abolition of the collective entity doctrine or by recognizing some limited exception for custodians of smaller corporations — would not foreclose meaningful white-collar prosecutions, but it would restore protection of the Fifth Amendment rights of individuals who are sacrificed under the current bright-line rule. Will Justice Gorsuch help in this endeavor?
June 02, 2017Preston Burton, Bree Murphy and Leslie MeredithFirst the copyright infringement case over the use of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine in a Broadway play was dismissed by a New York federal judge. Then it rounded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but was tagged out again. Now, in its third at bat, the lawsuit struck out with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case.
June 02, 2017P.J. D'Annunzio and Stan SoocherA discussion of a case in which the United States Supreme Court faced a claim by the City of Miami that two banks had violated the federal Fair Housing Act by issuing loans to black and Latino customers on terms less favorable than loans issued to similarly situated customers who were white and non-Latino.
June 02, 2017Stewart E. Sterk
