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Arbitration and Insolvency: A Comparative View from England & Wales, Singapore and Hong Kong

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If the agreement between a creditor and debtor refers disputes to arbitration, what limits should be placed on the creditor to pursue winding-up proceedings based on an unpaid debt under that agreement? Should a court simply...more

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A New Vision: Collateral Estoppel Doesn’t Extend to Related Claims

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court order excluding expert validity testimony based on collateral estoppel stemming from an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding of a related patent,...more

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Stay Focused: New Point of View of Patent Eligibility

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a district court’s decision that the asserted claims were patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, finding that the district court improperly characterized...more

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Precluded, Not Repeated: WARF & Apple Continue to Shape our Understanding of Issue Preclusion in Patent Law

This case addresses the application of issue preclusion in scenarios where two closely related cases allege patent infringement against different versions of the same technology. Specifically, this case discusses whether a...more

A&O Shearman

Eighth Circuit Reverses Jury Verdict For Aiding And Abetting Ponzi Scheme, Holding That In Pari Delicto Defense Barred Bankruptcy...

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On September 12, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a trial court decision that had rejected a bank’s assertion of the in pari delicto defense to aiding and abetting claims brought by the...more

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Court Affirmed A Judgment For An Estate Because The Personal Representative Participated In The Case

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In Charles v. Est. of Kornbacher, the estate sued a defendant regarding the ownership of real property. No. 01-23-00125-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 2947 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] April 30, 2024, no pet. history)....more

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Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc.

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In Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision on the requirements for standing to appeal from an inter partes review (IPR) final...more

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Fifth Circuit Dismisses U.S. Anesthesia Partners’ Appeal, Declining To Hear Constitutional Claims Under Collateral Order Doctrine

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On August 15, 2024, Judge Stephen A. Higginson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, writing for a panel, dismissed an appeal from U.S. Anesthesia Partners (“USAP”) in its ongoing litigation against the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Washington Supreme Court Elevates Municipal Power in Stormwater and Fish Passage ‎Condemnations

On September 12, the Washington Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that declared the City of Sammamish––and all other municipalities enumerated under Revised Code of Washington 8.12.030––does not lose its...more

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Amending Your Planned Community's Declaration

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The most common question community associations in planned communities (i.e., single, family homes) pose is, "How can we amend our declaration?" Of course, this question includes many layers: What is the proper procedure?;...more

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Fourth Circuit Holds No Article III Standing Where No Third-Party Viewed Inaccurate Information

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On September 11, 2024, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is no publication to a third party — and therefore no Article III standing under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) — where the recipient of a...more

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Client Alert: Loper Bright Matters: Fifth Circuit Vacates Agency Action That Had Survived Under Chevron Deference

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In a long-awaited decision in Restaurant Law Center v. US Department of Labor, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a US Department of Labor (DOL) regulation governing the way tipped employees are paid,...more

Perkins Coie

CEQA Statute of Limitations Not Triggered by Planning Commission NOD While Appeal to Board of Supervisors Was Pending

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A Court of Appeal held that the CEQA statute of limitations period does not begin to run after the filing of an initial notice of determination if the project is appealed. Central for Biological Diversity v. County of San...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 9-13, 2024

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Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee - Sexton v. State - capital case, direct appeal - In re Fla R Mediators - amended rules - In re Fla R Juv P - amended rules...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Without Concrete Evidence of Potential Infringement Liability, Petitioner Lacked Standing to Challenge PTAB’s Final Written...

The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from an inter partes review (“IPR”) final written decision for lack of standing where it found the appellant failed to provide evidence sufficient to show it suffered an injury in fact....more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Time to Appeal Writ Decisions

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In Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale (2024) 16 Cal.5th 643 (“Meinhardt”), the California Supreme Court resolved a split in authorities over a procedural matter that will give CEQA litigants some certainty about when an appeal...more

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The Conversation Continues: Some Post-Patent-Termination Royalties Are Acceptable

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For the second time in less than two weeks, a circuit court decided an appeal hinging on the Brulotte rule, which holds that patent royalties are impermissible when based on payments for the use of expired patents. Like the...more

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Back to the Future: Expert Can Be Skilled Artisan Based on Later-Acquired Knowledge

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that a technical expert does not need to have been a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) at the time of the invention. Instead, they may rely on...more

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Even Free Libraries Come With a Cost

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment of copyright infringement against an internet book archive, holding that its free-to-access library did not constitute fair use of the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

In a joint appeal of two adverse decisions from the District Court, the Federal Circuit on procedural grounds rejected an appeal from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ("WARF") in Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation...more

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Third DCA: Expert Witness Determinations Under the Highly Deferential Abuse-of-Discretion Standard

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The Florida Third District Court of Appeal recently ruled that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in striking Plaintiff’s causation expert in a medical malpractice case. In Berta Fertil v. University of Miami,...more

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Combining Abstract Ideas Does Not Make Them Less Abstract

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Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more

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An Expert Witness Need Not Have Been a Posita at the Time of the Invention

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Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Stoll.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: An expert witness can testify from the perspective of a POSITA at the time of the invention even if they...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - September 2024 #2

Parkervision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1755, 2024-2221 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit weighed in again on a 13-year-old patent dispute concerning Qualcomm’s...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Special Committee's Suspension Recommendation Adopted by Federal Circuit

As posted in July, the Special Committee of the Federal Circuit voted unanimously to maintain the suspension imposed on Judge Pauline Newman (see "Judge Newman Suspended for One Year by Federal Circuit") for another year. On...more

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