The U.S. Supreme Court slows children’s climate lawsuit
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Currents: Energy Industry Insights October 2018 #4
By William Herlihy & Nicholas Preservati | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLCSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By Patricia Barmeyer, Paul Bessette & Michael Biles | King & Spalding
A Texas Federal Judge Turns Up the Heat on Oil Companies Facing Climate Change-Related Securities Class Actions
Grab some popcorn and settle in for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominee to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Is 2:1 The New 1:1?
By Andrew Frey & Evan Tager |Mayer Brown - Punitive Damages Blog
In Rieger v. Giant Eagle, Inc., the Ohio Court of Appeals (Eighth District) reversed a trial court’s decision declaring Ohio’s 2:1 cap on punitive damages unconstitutional as applied in that case
Energy And Environmental Policy: The Courts Vs. The Congress
By Elizabeth M. Gore | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
The recently announced retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy is expected to tilt the Supreme Court to the right as early as this fall
President Trump is expected to announce his Supreme Court nominee this week
The Supreme Court Rules That Patents Are A “Public Right”: A Review Of Oil States V. Greene’s Energy Group
By Michael Frodsham | Workman Nydegger
The Supreme Court considers patents to be a “public right,” and consequently that reviewing and revoking patents via administrative courts in the Inter Partes Review System is a valid exercise of Congressional authority.
US Supreme Court Rules On Two Key Patent Cases: Oil States And SAS Services – Key Takeaways
By Brian Biggs, James Heintz, Joshua Kresh & Ethan Townsend | DLA Piper
In this long-awaited decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that inter partes review does not violate Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution because patents are public rights for the purposes of this question.
Supreme Court Rules PTAB Proceedings Constitutional
By Nicole Berkowitz & W. Edward Ramage | Baker Donelson
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued dual decisions with substantial impact on the future of Inter Partes Review.
Supreme Court Limits Scope Of Whistleblower Protections Under Dodd-Frank: Items Of Note And Potential Impacts
By Rachel Copenhaver, Ashley Huddleston, Joshua Nichols & Junaid Zubairi | Vedder Price
SCOTUS resolved a circuit split on the question of whether the whistleblower anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Act extends to individuals who report alleged violations of securities laws within a company.
