There were numerous decision made by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2017. What follows is a brief summary of the most noteworthy decisions from 2017. Phigenix, Inc. v.

Congratulations on The Circuit. This is the type of book that a lot of us dream of getting a chance to write: A wide-angle reflection on the game, told from a personal viewpoint. It's also the type of ...

In a split ruling, the court overturned one of Akayed Ullah’s jury convictions after finding the evidence did not show he ...

On March 6, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued a ruling that revises its 2017 decision on the definition of solid waste under the Resource ...

On May 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Petratos v. Genentech, 855 F.3d 481 (3d Cir. 2017) (Petratos), and joined several other circuits in recognizing the ...

On August 13, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a district court ruling that CMS’s 2017 final rule on the Medicaid DSH program limit calculation violates ...

The Alice/Mayo framework represents the approach adopted by the United States Supreme Court for determining whether a patent claim exhibits patent eligible subject matter. The Alice/Mayo framework ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly held that federal courts are under a “virtually unflagging” obligation to hear and decide federal claims over which they possess jurisdiction. Yet, the U.S. Court ...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred a formal investigation into sexual harassment claims from the West Coast to the federal appeals court based in New York. The transfer came at ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Six former clerks and externs in the US's largest federal appeals court alleged that Judge Alex Kozinski, a prominent jurist on the 9th Circuit ...