by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! This week, the Court shone the spotlight on the Sixth Amendment with a triple feature of cases involving the ineffective assistance of counsel. The first two have created a splash: In Missouri v. Frye (10-444) and Lafler v. Cooper (10-209), the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. (10-1150), a major patent decision addressing when inventions involving “laws of nature” can be patented; Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Justices apparently have no trouble multi-tasking, issuing 5 decisions and an order list this week, all while hearing the longest and most-watched arguments of the Term (and the possibly the decade) regarding the Patient Protection and...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Today, we bring you Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper (10-1024), in which the Court determined that people harmed by violations of the federal Privacy Act may sue the government only for economic injuries, not mental or emotional...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Today we bring you a double-header with decisions on arrestee searches, Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington (10-945), and immunity from § 1983 suits for grand jury witnesses, Rehberg v. Paulk (10-788). If the...
