by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has staked out a position for herself as the Supreme Court’s foremost defender of stare decisis. That doctrine holds that today’s Court ought to stand by yesterday’s decisions. Respecting stare decisis sometimes means sticking...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 25, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
United States v. Arthrex, last week’s much-anticipated Supreme Court decision which concluded that the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board (PTAB) is unconstitutionally structured, is unlikely to have a major impact on PTAB operations. The Court “fixed” the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
The Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits filed in federal court. Federal officials have never liked it when the target of a federal enforcement action insists on a jury trial; they apparently fear that...
