article thumbnail

Virtual Workshop (In English) on July 2: Maggie Gardner on Beyond the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality

Conflict of Laws

On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its 46th monthly virtual workshop Current Research in Private International Law at 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (CEST). statutes that do rebut the presumption at step one? This survey of lower federal court decisions shows that U.S.

Statute 52
article thumbnail

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

Constitutional Law Reporter

601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the funding scheme that supports the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). The Supreme Court went on to find that the CFPB’s funding statute contains the requisite features of a congressional appropriation. In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v.

Court 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

SCOTUS Holds No Time Limit for Damages Under Copyright Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Nealy , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred. The Court did not address when copyright infringement claims accrue with regard to the statute of limitations.

article thumbnail

Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Kirtz , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a consumer may sue a federal agency under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681n and 1681o for failing to comply with the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). As Justice Gorsuch explained, the Court has found a clear waiver of sovereign immunity in just two situations.

article thumbnail

SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

LLC , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for transportation workers in interstate commerce applies to transportation workers regardless of whether they work in the transportation industry. In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St.,

article thumbnail

Ikorongo Challenges Federal Circuit’s Heightened “Same Invention” Requirement for Reissue Patents

Patently O

Patent system, and today’s guiding statute (35 U.S.C. This “same invention” statutory requirement continued within the statute through major developments, including the 1870 Act, and was still the law in 1942 when the Supreme Court decided U.S. The statute was at that time codified at 35 U.S.C.

Statute 80
article thumbnail

Would I FIE to You? FDA’s First Interchangeable Exclusivity Determination Results in Expiration

FDA Law Blog

With the ambiguity of the statutory text, FDA looked at the plain language, context, and the structure and purpose of the statute—including both parties’ positions on those points. Notably, the purpose of the statute seemed to govern much of FDA’s interpretation. This all sounds complicated, I know.