by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Hope you enjoyed a lovely holiday weekend. I’m back to bring you summaries of two more decisions: McDonald v. City of Chicago (08-1521), holding that the Second Amendment’s protection of an individual citizen’s right to bear...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! This is will be the last Update of the Term, covering: Bilski v. Kappos (08-964), in which the Court declined to adopt a bright line test for determining the patentability of processes, Doe v. Read (09-559), finding that the public disclosure of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The October 2010 Term has arrived and the Justices appear to be chomping at the bit to get started. Instead of waiting for the traditional first Monday in October to release the first order list, the Court instead released a “miscellaneous...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court released its first official order list of the Term on Monday. No new cert petitions were granted, but the Court did ask for the SG’s views in a number of pending petitions: Saleh v. Titan Corp. (09-1313), regarding the ability of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court granted cert in seven more cases last week and another yesterday, covering topics ranging from criminal law, to patent law, to tribal sovereignty. Yesterday’s grant will provide another bit of insight into the Court’s views...
