Federal Circuit Summary - Before Chief Judge Prost, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: An invention is not “ready for patenting” to trigger a public use bar until the...
After 35 days of the government shutdown, one of the (many) issues currently facing companies who contract with government agencies affected by the shutdown is if, when, and how, they must pay their employees upon the reopening of the government....
In a rare opinion on derivative litigation issues, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on January 23 reversed a lower court decision to reject the “good cause” exception to attorney-client privilege as set forth in Garner v. Wolfinbarger, 430 F.2d 1093...
Companies in all areas of work with websites or mobile applications should take note that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in Robles v. Domino’s Pizza that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) is applicable to websites and...
The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in early 2020, there is a...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has officially announced that as of Monday, January 28, 2019, it will begin accepting premium processing for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap cases pending adjudication. These H-1B petitions—along with...
The Illinois Supreme Court in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, et al. just held that under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) "an individual need not allege some actual injury or adverse effect, beyond violation of...
No Child Left Alive, a book authored by then-teacher Randy Turner, is at the heart of the lawsuit reopened by a Joplin, Missouri judge earlier this month.
In the litigation between Equifax and Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, Judge Sanders rejected certain provisions of Equifax’s proposed protective order for the production of sensitive discovery materials, including documents about...
