While quantifying case importance is a subjective art at best, there are some measurable elements that provide deeper than a gut impression as a basis for comparison. Some possibilities include dollar value or companies involved, case complexity, differences of opinion between judges, firms involved in litigating the cases, and interests or implications for those beyond…

The Federal Circuit’s chief judge is fighting the release of documents related to Judge Pauline Newman’s suspension to control the media narrative surrounding her removal from the court, 97-year-Newman said in a Thursday filing. Newman urged the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where she is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking reinstatement, to unseal four…

By Stefan Padfield Americans hate racial discrimination, and they hate inequality borne of government force. However, if you try to solve the problem of inequality by engaging in Orwellian and neo-racist “discrimination in the name of anti-discrimination” (often advanced under the banners of “antiracism” and “DEI” — “diversity, equity, and inclusion”), then you will sooner…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has filed a lawsuit, Dressen, et al. v. Flaherty, against the federal government and Stanford University, alleging unconstitutional censorship of individuals discussing COVID-19 vaccines on social media. Plaintiffs, including vaccine trial volunteer Brianne Dressen, co-founder of React19, physical therapist Nikki Holland, and Ernest Ramirez, whose son tragically died following…

A federal appeals court has overturned Nasdaq’s initiatives to impose diversity targets on the boards of its listed companies, another blow to the push for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission erred in its 2021 approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity…

U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has received more support at the D.C. Circuit in her case over the suspension her colleagues imposed on her for refusing to participate in an investigation into her fitness to serve as a Federal Circuit judge, this time from a group of former federal judges and the Bar Association of…