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  • March 20, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Unanimous Court finds diagnostic process not patentable

    In a decision with important implications for the evolving field of personalized medicine, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated two patents on a diagnostic test used in conne

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  • March 27, 2006 | Legal Times

    Under Threat

    Patent law is big news today. Before the BlackBerry infringement case was settled this month, millions of Americans trembled on the edge of their seats, fearing the abrupt cutoff of inst

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  • December 13, 2005 | Alm

    Supreme Court Ponders Heavy Patent Docket

    When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a David v. Goliath battle over printer ink, the justices sat not only at the intersection of patent and antitrust law but in the middle of their

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  • October 31, 2006 | Legal Times

    Punitive Damages Case Could Return to Oregon Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court's long-awaited oral argument in the "Big Tobacco" punitive damages case appeared to fizzle on Tuesday, with several justices hinting that they'd like to kick the case b

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  • September 15, 2003 | National Law Journal

    International law's new importance in the U.S.

    Globalization has touched virtually every sector of our society, including the courts. This has been confirmed, among other ways, by the increasing influence seen recently of internation

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  • October 13, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    The First Time: Jitters and All-Nighters

    Arguing before the Supreme Court is daunting at any time. But arguing there for the first time; that's the ne plus ultra of fear, exhilaration, and unpredictability. Talbot D'Alem

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  • February 20, 2006 | Legal Times

    Docket Watch: February 2006

    Cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high co

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  • December 29, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Recalling a Battle in an Ongoing War

    For better or worse, a lawyer's entire career can sometimes be framed by a single case. William Colby knows that for him, that case is Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of H

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  • July 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    The End of Class Action Arbitration?

    As a result of a ruling by a divided U.S. Supreme Court, class action arbitrations may soon be confined to the ash heap of history. A 5-to-4 majority, led by Justice Antonin Sc

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  • July 17, 2006 | Legal Times

    The Unsinkable Center

    When President George W. Bush had the opportunity to name two justices this past term, everyone knew the Supreme Court would move dramatically to the right. The logic seemed ines

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