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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

and the admission of new attorneys to the Supreme Court bar. I smiled politely, trying to telepathically assess how she would vote on the gender-affirming care case I covered in December. But the Department added that Ames could not meet the evidence requirements of an employment discrimination case regardless.

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MARCH 31, 2024

Role of Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia In American civil litigation, jury instructions are the set of legal rules and guidelines provided to the jury by the trial judge before the jury begins deliberations. Lacerta Group, LLC , No. 2022-1954 (Fed.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Vidal (No 23-135): This case challenges the “ Fintiv rule” that restricts the initiation of inter partes review in cases where parallel district court litigation is pending. 23-315): This case questions the Federal Circuit’s interpretation of time limits for joining IPR partes. Traxcell Techs.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

seeking to set aside a district court discovery order piercing attorney-client privilege. After reviewing documents in camera, the district court granted in part Dorel’s motion to compel production of certain Cozy documents listed as privileged on the basis that the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege applied.

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APRIL 1, 2024

In the ensuing Hatch-Waxman litigation, Teva stipulated to infringement but challenged the patent on obviousness and indefiniteness grounds. In most cases, unexpected results are (also) considered as part of the prima facie case of obviousness with reference to motivation to combine and especially reasonable expectation of success.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Division Two reasoned that “burdening the excess insurers with prematurely litigating coverage issues before exhaustion upsets insurers settled expectations.” The First District, Division Two, published opinion held in favor of two excess insurance companies because underlying insurance had not yet been exhausted.

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