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US Supreme Court grants certiorari for two cases regarding federal district courts’ jurisdiction

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Both of these cases were added to the 2022-2023 docket. Cochran is a Fifth Circuit case about district courts’ power to hear challenges regarding the constitutionality of SEC’s administrative law proceedings. The US Supreme Court Monday granted both Jones v. Hendrix and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v.

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US appeals court orders dismissal of Marjorie Taylor Greene lawsuit over candidacy challenge

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The voters cited the Challenge Statute of the Fourteenth Amendment, which allows eligible voters to file a pre-election challenge to a candidate’s qualifications for state or federal office. An administrative law judge ruled that the challengers lacked sufficient evidence to prove that Greene engaged in the January 6 insurrection.

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“Government employees are not available to accept private clients”

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2022) (pending appeal). ” This quote comes from the USPTO mandatory survey of registered practitioners and is only loosely based upon the most on-point statute and regulations. Rather, Rule 11.111 limits Federal Employees from acting “contrary to applicable Federal ethics law, including conflict of interest statutes.”

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Law Prohibits All Federal Employees from Representing Private Clients before the USPTO

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The Federal Circuit has agreed that Kevin Correll’s 5-year suspension from patent law practice should move forward. 2022) ( non-precedential ). That complaint was then decided against Correll an Administrative Law Judge and issued a 5-year suspension from practice. by Dennis Crouch. Vidal (Fed. EPA , 202 F.3d

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Fraudulent Incontestability Declarations: Textual Fidelity vs. Fraud Deterrence

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2022-1212 (Fed. Stark reversed the TTAB’s cancellation order, finding the statute only permits cancellation for fraudulent acts taken while obtaining the registration , not for establishing incontestability. Lets look at the statute. by Dennis Crouch In the trademark case of Great Concepts, LLC v. Chutter, Inc. ,

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Customs and Trade Law Weekly Snapshot

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Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news: FDA. On May 9, 2022, the FDA issued a Constituent Update stating that Glanbia Performance Nutrition (Manufacturing), Inc. On April 29, 2022, the U.S. On May 10, 2022, the U.S.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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The compact, agreed to in 1953, formed the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and granted it broad regulatory and law-enforcement powers over operations at the port. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. 27, 2021, it formally notified New York that it intends to withdraw.