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Court holds statute of limitations under Quiet Title Act is not a jurisdictional bar
Tuesday’s decision in Wilkins v. United States broke no new ground, as it followed a steady line of cases applying a rule under which time limits in federal statutes do not create jurisdictional bars unless the statute makes that intent clear. This partic
By IG
Mar 30, 2023
Court concerned about scope of patent covering millions of antibodies
During oral argument in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi on Monday, the justices explored how to write an opinion on patent enablement when the parties agree on almost everything about the legal standard. “Enablement” is the requirement that a patent must enabl
By IG
Mar 30, 2023
Court seems reluctant to extend ban on concurrent sentences in Armed Career Criminal Act
Tuesday’s argument in Lora v. United States suggested that Efrain Lora, a Bronx man convicted of killing a rival drug dealer, is likely to get his re-sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act. The larger question is whether the court’s op
By IG
Mar 30, 2023
Venue is a platypus, a mixed-up animal
At the oral argument in Smith v. United States, there was no dispute that in the tradition of both English and U.S. law, venue was a fact issue presented to juries, and decided as part of their general verdict of guilty or not guilty. Thus,... The post Ve
By IG
Mar 30, 2023