Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) conduct adversarial proceedings for challenging the validity of an existing patent before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). During such proceedings, the PTAB sits in panels of at least three of its members,...

FL to Begin Fining Local Governments over Vaccine Mandates: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced at a news conference last week that the state will begin enforcing a new state law enacted in May ( SB 2006 ) that bars businesses and local governments...

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Pobiner v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Pobiner) United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York April 1, 2004, Decided Chapter 7 Case No. 801-87694-mlc, Adv. Pro. No. 801-8390-dte, Chapter 7 Case No. 01-87694-mlc, Adv. Pro. No...

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Tex. Comm'n on Human Rights v. Morrison Supreme Court of Texas August 31, 2012, Opinion Delivered NO. 11-0644 Opinion  [*534]  PER CURIAM In Casteel , 1 we held that ] error is presumed harmful and a new trial is required when a trial court submits...

Spencer v. Specialty Foundry Prods. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit March 17, 2020, Decided No. 19-14427 Opinion  [*737]  MARTIN, Circuit Judge: Kelvin Spencer and 229 other former workers at the Grede Foundry in Bessemer, Alabama...

The union that represented the workers for respondents Benne Katz, Alfred Finkel and Murray Katz, d/b/a Williamsburg Steel Products Company (collectively, "Employer") requested collective bargaining on several matters, including merit increases...

Few things are as deeply rooted in the traditional operations and marketing of law firms as free initial consultations. Conventional wisdom in the legal industry says they are the best way to attract prospective clients and convert them into actual clients...

Petitioner railroad workers filed a class suit against the union after 45 of them were ousted from their jobs and replaced by Caucasians, and the union failed to give them protection comparable to that given the Caucasian employees. The district court...