The justices’ second argument this morning was WesternGeco v Ion Geophysical Corp., a case that requires the justices yet again to consider Section 271 of the Patent Act. Although the Patent Act generally does not apply to conduct outside the nation’s borders, that section imposes...
If anyone in the courtroom had forgotten that tomorrow is the deadline for filing federal income tax returns, Thomas Dupree, counsel for the petitioners in Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States, was there to alert spectators to their tax obligations. “Tax Day is almost upon...
Among the many problems that have come to light in the current cryptocurrency craze have been problems relating to celebrity endorsements for initial coin offerings (ICO). In the following guest post, John Reed Stark, President of John Reed Stark Consulting and former Chief of the...
The petition of the day is: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Jackson 17-1247 Issue: Whether—when in order to create or assign rights to benefits under a state’s domestic relations laws to a person other than the designated beneficiary of a plan subject to the Employee Retirement...
On April 23 at 12:30 p.m., the State and Local Legal Center and the Native American Law Student Association at Georgetown Law will host a panel discussion on South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. Panelists include Tillman Breckenridge, Bailey Glasser, Erin Murphy, Andrew Pincus and Deborah...
The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) will hold its 26th annual national convention on April 19-22 at the Sheraton Downtown Denver. Whether you’re a member of NACBA or not, there is still time to register and attend! I will be presenting two workshops: Thursday, April...
Bloomberg Legal reports today that according to date which it collected over the last several years, 83 federal personal injury cases were filed against cruise lines in the first three months of 2018. Bloomberg concludes that this figure continues an upward trend over the last...
The Department of Justice inspector general sent to Congress a report sharply criticizing former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for unauthorized disclosures to the media ahead of the 2016 election and lacking candor with investigators, including then-FBI Director James Comey, Politico reports. The report formed...
Next Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court will consider the sentencing modification of a meth dealer, who obtained a sentencing reduction from 135 to 114 months when he was eligible for a reduction to 108 months. The issue is whether the district court must give an...
If former FBI director James Comey is trying to prosecute the case against President Trump in the court of public opinion, he has chosen a strange way in which to do it, says the Washington Post. In his first interview about his new book Sunday...