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It was a busy week at the Federal Circuit, as the Court issued 15 decisions, including a number of Rule 36 affirmances in cases argued during its June sitting. Our case of the week highlights a patent case involving several civil procedure issues: claim

We are two weeks out from arguments in the Court’s June sitting. Here is the after-action report: Total cases: 35 arguments (and 20 counseled cases submitted on the briefs) Oldest case: Peerless Industries, Inc. v. Crimson AV, LLC , No. 18-2021 (docketed May 30, 2018;

As courts across the country grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Circuit has streamlined its docket and moved oral arguments from the courtroom to conference calling. Early indications suggest that is changing how the Court decides cases —cases in the past that would

UPDATE: As predicted below, the Federal Circuit denied the petitions for rehearing en banc, over several dissents, on March 23. While the rest of us wait on the Federal Circuit’s decision on the rehearing petitions in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. ,

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