In this episode, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice head Pratik Shah and senior counsel Aileen McGrath review the 2020 Supreme Court Term and preview the big cases and topics in the October 2021 Term.
Among the...more
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
• 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
On June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court in Matal v. Tam unanimously held that a portion of 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), the Lanham Act provision that prohibits the registration of trademarks that may “disparage . . . persons, living or...more
6/21/2017
/ Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Government Speech Doctrine ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
SCOTUS ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Viewpoint Discrimination