In this special episode, Akin Supreme Court and appellate practice head Pratik Shah and partner Aileen McGrath look back at the tumultuous 2022 Supreme Court Term....more
1/31/2024
/ Affirmative Action ,
Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Election Laws ,
Equal Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Free Speech ,
Gerrymandering ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Voting Rights ,
Voting Rights Act
In this episode, recorded on Sept. 14, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah returns to review the 2019 Supreme Court Term and preview the big cases and topics in the October 2020 Term.
Among...more
9/25/2020
/ Abortion ,
Absentee Voting ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Alien Tort Statute ,
Ballots ,
Certiorari ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DACA ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Human Rights ,
Individual Mandate ,
LGBTQ ,
Native American Issues ,
Oral Argument ,
Presidential Elections ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Elections ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Supreme Court Justices ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
In our second annual SCOTUS review, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah analyzes the Court’s previous Term and previews the new Term.
Among the topics covered:
• SCOTUS decisions on census...more
10/4/2019
/ Brett Kavanaugh ,
Census ,
Citizenship ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
DACA ,
Department of Commerce v New York ,
First Amendment ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gerrymandering ,
Gun Laws ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
Path To Citizenship ,
Podcasts ,
Political Question Doctrine ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redistricting ,
Rucho v Common Cause ,
SCOTUS ,
Second Amendment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
On Friday, August 9, 2019, in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, No. 18-11479, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit declared that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and its implementing federal regulations (“the Final Rule”)...more
8/14/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Anti-Commandeering ,
Appeals ,
Child Custody ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of the Interior ,
Equal Protection ,
Final Rules ,
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) ,
Native American Issues ,
Non-Delegation Doctrine ,
Reversal ,
Standing ,
Summary Judgment ,
Tenth Amendment
In Brackeen v. Zinke, No. 4:17-cv-868-O (N.D. Tex.), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and its implementing federal regulations (the Final Rule) are...more
• The Supreme Court in Murphy v. NCAA ruled 7-2 that a federal law prohibiting states from authorizing sports betting violated the constitutional rule that the federal government may not “commandeer” the states.
• The...more
5/18/2018
/ Anti-Commandeering ,
Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Indian Gaming ,
Indian Gaming Regulation Act ,
Murphy v National Collegiate Athletic Association ,
NCAA ,
PASPA ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sports Gambling ,
State Sovereignty ,
States Rights ,
Tenth Amendment
• The Supreme Court in Oil States v. Greene’s Energy ruled 7-2 that cancellation of patent claims in an inter partes review does not violate either Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution.
• In SAS...more
5/1/2018
/ America Invents Act ,
Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Public Rights Doctrine ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
SCOTUS ,
Seventh Amendment ,
USPTO
• The Federal Circuit held that the “immoral or scandalous” clause of Lanham Act § 2(a), which prohibits registration of a trademark that “consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter,” is unconstitutional under the...more
12/20/2017
/ Appeals ,
Commercial Speech ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Intent-to-Use ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Reversal ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO