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SCOTUS dispatch: Supreme Court appears likely to side with straight women in ‘reverse discrimination’ case

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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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Ghana dispatch: removal of chief justice sparks concerns over process

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In compliance with article 146(6) of the 1992 Constitution, the matter was referred to the Council of State, which established a prima facie case. Prominent among them is Ghanaian politician Vincent Ekow , who was represented by the former Attorney General, Godfred Dame.

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California Supreme Court: prisoners must get lawyer when challenging convictions for killings committed by others

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In this case, the trial court neither held a hearing nor appointed counsel and summarily denied Lewis’s petition stating “Lewis did not make a prima facie case for resentencing under Senate Bill 1437 because … he ‘would still be found guilty with a valid theory of first degree murder.'”

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Making a Proper Determination of Obviousness

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Still, the guidelines spend some time on the requirements of a prima facie case; the necessity of both evidence and reasoning to support any obviousness rejection; and consideration of all evidence before the examiner. Cautioning against: “references to ‘common sense’ without any support.”

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Supreme Court takes two cases — including one on its own motion — at yesterday’s conference — Part II

At the Lectern

’ The court concluded, however, that the petition didn’t make a prima facie case — “the allegations of the petition do not support the conclusion that the language cited by petitioner is racially discriminatory or that it reflects racial bias or animus.”

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Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness: Federal Circuit Grants New Trial in Inline Plastics v. Lacerta

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Attorneys from each side will typically propose specific instructions and object to those they believe are incorrect or incomplete. I.e. , if the evidence presenting a prima facie case of obviousness is overwhelming, an appellate court might conclude that a jury instruction omitting some objective indicia was harmless error.

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No Mandamus Relief in Privilege Ruling

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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.