Secondary Considerations of Non-Obviousness - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Supreme Court Hands Landowners a Major Victory - Nossaman's Brad Kuhn
The debate over the definition of “Waters of the United States” goes on and on. I tend to think that Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test was a reasonable approach to making sense of a vague statute. I also think that the Obama...more
On November 27, 2017, the 9th Circuit affirmed the conviction of a Joseph Robertson, Montana man who: “discharged dredged and fill material into the surrounding wetlands and an adjacent tributary, which flows to Cataract...more
Sixteen months after the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit entered its Order halting application of the 2015 Clean Water Rule ("Rule") nationwide, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order...more
On October 9, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide stay against implementation of the “Waters of the United States” rule. The case is so weird, in so many ways, that I don’t even think I can count...more
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s update of its hexavalent chromium MACT rule. Suffice it to say that this was a little easier than review of the power plant MACT rule....more
Those currently or potentially subject to Clean Water Act regulation should plan for expanded federal jurisdiction upon implementation of the Clean Water Rule’s broad new definition of “waters of the United States.” ...more
In psychology, the term “closure” refers to humans’ desire for a firm answer to a question and general aversion to ambiguity. Nine years since Rapanos, after multiple attempts by the EPA and the Army Corps (“the agencies”)...more
Federal agencies face growing opposition from members of Congress and industry regarding a proposed definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The scope of federal jurisdiction under the CWA...more