by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! It is that time of the year again – time for fall leaves, hot apple cider, pumpkins, and lots of cert grants. Today’s Update has two biggies for the patent lawyers out there and something for virtually everyone else. Bowman v. Monsanto Co....
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We hope those of you on the East Coast made it through Hurricane Sandy without too much damage or inconvenience. We now have a belated Halloween treat for you: more cases on the docket concerning election law, bankruptcy, tax, and habeas...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! And so it begins. The Court issued its first opinion of the 2012 Term yesterday – a four-page per curiam decision in Lefemine v. Wideman (12-168) addressing the availability of attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 where a party has...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Today we bring you the first signed decision of the Term, and several interesting cert grants. The decision came in United States v. Bormes (11-192), finding that the Little Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. §1346(a)(2) does not operate to waive the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The spirit of agreement marches on: the Court is now three unanimous decisions for three. The most recent, a per curiam decision in Nitro-Lift Technologies v. Howard (11-1377), addressed an ever-popular topic among the Justices – the Federal...
