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Before October is out the door, we wanted to take a moment to review the Federal Circuit’s sitting earlier this month. Looking at statistics from the October sitting, the same two things we noticed last month stood out to us again. First, the Court …›
Last week we discussed the first Federal Circuit case added to the Supreme Court’s docket this Term, and we wondered when we’d have the opportunity to discuss whatever cases might be next in the pipeline. Lucky for us, that opportunity came a little sooner …›
At Federal Circuitry, we frequently update our statistics. We now have almost a year’s worth of data since we started our project of collecting every Federal Circuit decision and collating all of the Court’s substantive orders. In a post in July, I took a …›
Perhaps the biggest Federal Circuit news last week didn’t come from the Federal Circuit; it happened when the Supreme Court granted review in Arthrex (read our insight). In the Federal Circuit, the Court not surprisingly issued a smattering of Rule 36s in the …›
Over the past several months, we’ve looked at what Federal Circuit cases the Supreme Court has and hasn’t reviewed, and how often the Supreme Court agrees with each Federal Circuit judge. Today, we got another data point with our first grant of a Federal …›
Last week was court week, and as we noted in our video insights, the Federal Circuit was very busy hearing arguments (not many were cancelled). Given that, it is perhaps no surprise that there weren’t many precedential opinions. Below we provide our usual weekly …›
It’s court week at the Federal Circuit, so we decided to take a brief look at what cases had their arguments cancelled in October, and how that compares to previous months. To find out, watch our two-minute video above and take a peek at …›
The Supreme Court is abuzz, kicking off a new term this morning and announcing several cert grants last week. Things have been calmer across town at the Federal Circuit—which, unlike the Supreme Court, has been working all summer. The Federal Circuit issued …›
How well do Federal Circuit decisions hold up at the Supreme Court? And which Federal Circuit judges have their votes most often affirmed? With the new Supreme Court term around the corner, we dove into a decade’s worth of data to find out. The …›
The Federal Circuit had a fairly busy week as summer officially came to a close. It issued six written decisions last week, three precedential. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and our case of the week—our highly subjective selection based on whatever case …›