We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

“[C]ancellation bears on what can be covered under the doctrine of equivalents… because a relevant artisan would understand the close basic-physics relationship of the cancelled and retained claims.” ...

Bites (noun): more meaty news to sink your teeth into. Barks (noun): peripheral noise worth your attention. Want to have your doggie(s) featured in one of our future Barks & Bites Columns? Send your ...

July 10, 2025 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) post-grant validity challenges — for example, inter partes review — are frequent components of a patent litigation strategy for defendants.

EAST PALESTINE — In a legal filing last week, Norfolk Southern asked a federal court to toss out the bulk of the East Palestine City Schools lawsuit against the railroad. In a partial motion to ...

When a law firm or lawyer faces such inconsistency in an action brought against them, the doctrine of judicial estoppel emerges as a potentially helpful defense. This doctrine prevents litigants from ...

The law is clear: administrative leave must be short, justified, and used sparingly. But federal agencies—and the Office of Personnel Management—are using it as a legally dubious and enormously ...

March 20, 2025 - In February 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified when collateral estoppel might apply in a district court case following an invalidity determination by ...

The Justice Department said a law protecting the officials from arbitrary removal is an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority. By Charlie Savage Charlie Savage writes about presidential ...

From Chehade v. Foley & Lardner, LLP, decided today by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman (N.D. Ill.): The following facts are accepted as true for the purpose of resolving Defendant's partial motion to ...