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Patent Case Management Goes Cross-Institutional and Global

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Pre-trial “ Markman ” hearings to construe claims became the norm, and with that, the development of the Northern District of California’s Patent Local Rules for managing patent cases led by Judge Ronald Whyte. Although initially put forth as a voluntary case management model, practitioners quickly embraced these rules.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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New Jersey Federal Court Transferred Shareholder Derivative Action Against Exxon to Texas. The case involves allegations that the defendants misrepresented the costs of climate change regulations and did not appropriately project future costs of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. Fish & Wildlife Service , No. 15, 2020).

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