Category: Current

In Oil States Energy Services LLC v Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) inter partes review process in constitutional. Challengers contend that the adversarial pa...

In Class v United States, the U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant’s right to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for October 4, 2017. &nbs...

While the justices were on summer break, the U.S. Supreme Court’s website got a much-needed update. Even more significant, the Court announced that e-filing will become mandatory in November. The Supreme Court is notorious for its slow adoption ...

Jennings v. Rodriguez is one of the first cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider when the new term begins next month. While the cases involving President Trump’s travel ban are generating the most buzz, the Court’s decision in Jennings c...

While the last term was relatively quiet, the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to consider several blockbuster cases when it resumes next month. One of the most highly anticipated cases is Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which in...

The U.S. Supreme Court has added several important criminal law cases to its upcoming docket. In Carpenter v United States, the issue is whether police need a warrant to obtain historical cell-site records, which indicate which cell towers a cell pho...

The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit the issue of partisan gerrymandering during the upcoming term. The key issue in Gill v Whitford is whether the redistricting plan passed by Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature in 2011 is an unconstituti...

In Jesner v Arab Bank, PLC, the Supreme Court will consider whether liability under the Alien Tort Statute extends to corporate defendants. The decision will significantly impact whether corporations can be held liable in U.S. courts for human rights...

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will return to work in less than a month. The new term will feature several high-profile cases, including Christie v NCAA. The Court will resolve the State of New Jersey’s long-standing battle to legalize spor...

In BNSF Railway v Tyrrell, the Court addressed when courts have jurisdiction over corporate defendants. It held that “the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause does not permit a state to have an out-of-state corporation before its courts wh...