Sunday, October 27, 2024

Articles of appellate note

Law360 has Patent Owner Fed Up With Fed. Circ's 1-Word Decisions -- "A patent owner has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit's one-word decision affirming summary judgment in favor of TD Ameritrade in a high-stakes patent fight, saying the appellate court is routinely and summarily affirming orders that ignore factual disputes in patent cases, without explanation." The cert petition asserts that "a third of all patent appeals are resolved with just a single word."

Law360 also has Thapar Flays Law Schools, Attys For Anti-Originalist Mindsets
Despite the ascendance of conservative constitutional views, appellate attorneys are losing cases by failing to adapt, and the blame rests heavily with law schools that appear increasingly out of touch and undeserving of alumni donations, U.S. Circuit Judge Amul R. Thapar said Wednesday night in a bare-knuckle speech at a Heritage Foundation event.

Bloomberg Law has Judge Urges Law School Donation Halt Until Originalism Taught

The NLJ has The 2024 NLJ Awards: Professional Excellence—Appellate Hot List

The DJ had Former chief justice recalls wrangling with Legislature, Jerry Brown -- Former chief justice recalls being screamed at by legislators and being given budget lobbying advice by Gov. Jerry Brown.

ABAJ has Anti-abortion princess explains her friendship with Justice Alito after he discloses $900 gift

The 64-year-old princess is now “an anti-abortion and anti-immigration provocateur” with “ties to the European far right,” the New York Times said. Princess Gloria toured the Supreme Court in 2019 and posed with Alito and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.