“Oh Yes, Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman”—Supreme Court Says Post Office (and the Government) Can’t Challenge Patents in Patent Office Proceedings
Who — or what — is a “person” authorized under the America Invents Act (“AIA”) to challenge the validity of patents in Patent Office proceeding? That is the question that the Supreme Court answered on Monday, holding that the United States Postal Service (and the Government generally) may not seek Continue Reading
Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies Activities—June 2019
McCarter’s Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies Practice lawyers empower clients throughout the development cycle—from ideation to creation, capitalization, implementation, commercialization, and monetization. We continue to rank among the leading global law firms in venture Continue Reading
Creditors May Be Held in Contempt for Violating a Bankruptcy Discharge Order if There is “No Fair Ground of Doubt”
Taggart v. Lorenzen, 587 U.S. (2019). The U.S. Supreme Court has established an objective standard for determining whether a creditor should be held in civil contempt when the creditor attempts to collect a debt subject to a bankruptcy discharge order. Case Background In Taggart, the Continue Reading
Experts and Baseball-Sized Hail Insurance Claims—A View from the Plains
Why Mueller Needs to Testify: The American People Deserve Answers
While President Trump has vacillated on whether special counsel Robert Mueller should testify before Congress, Attorney General William Barr has not. He repeated this week that he had no objection to Mueller appearing before Congress. Critics of allowing Mueller’s testimony contend that the vast Continue Reading
Alutiiq False Claims Act Settlement Highlights Significant Government Contract Compliance Risks for Tribal, NHO, and ANC 8(a) Subsidiaries
International Trade Update: US Heightens Tariffs on Chinese Goods; China Reciprocates
Dealing With a Divided Workforce: NLRB Clarifies Standard for Treating Union and Nonunion Workers Differently
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), groups of employees are allowed to determine whether they wish to be represented by a union for purposes of collective bargaining, which sometimes results in businesses having both union and nonunion employees. How an employer treats its nonunion Continue Reading
IRS Issues New Proposed Regulations on Qualified Opportunity Zones
Significant tax incentives for investing in qualified opportunity funds (“QOFs”) that make qualifying investments in low-income census tracts designated as qualified opportunity zones (“QOZs”) were signed into law in December 2017 as part of the legislation known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Continue Reading