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New pending petition for certiorari in Interactive Wearables, LLC v. Polar Electro Oy , 21-1281 (Supreme Court 2022) on patent eligibility grounds. Question presented: The patents-in-suit are directed to an electronics hardware device comprising a content player/remote-control combination having numerous concretely-recited components that undisputedly qualifies as a “machine” or “manufacture” under the statutory language of 35 U.S.C. § 101.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s unflappable brilliance seals the deal. Confirm her swiftly.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“If every judge is an originalist, originalism is meaningless; Ketanji Brown Jackson is the latest liberal to embrace an approach once associated with conservatives”: Law professors Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule have this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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MARCH 27, 2022

In the past year, major entities such as McKesson Corp., the state of Michigan and USA Gymnastics settled for millions of dollars in high-profile litigation involving opioids, lead-tainted water and sexual assault. Such cases and many others were led by a group of attorneys whose accomplishments helped them earn a spot on Law360's annual Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2022.

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MARCH 27, 2022

While the U.S. Supreme Court has provided limited guidance on when justices must recuse themselves, the rules and statutes governing judicial recusals make it clear that Justice Clarence Thomas should not rule on issues related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, considering his wife's involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, says Hilary Gerzhoy at Harris Wiltshire.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“A New Abortion Battleground, in South Dakota; With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, could reproductive rights be shrunk to the size of a pill?” Peter Slevin has this post online at The New Yorker.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, and two important deadlines in the week ahead, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC Enforcement Bureau this week announced its latest round of random EEO audits. More than 250 radio and TV stations were randomly selected for an audit of their EEO performance.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“The Supreme Court’s Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented; Justice Clarence Thomas voted to block the public from knowing more about his wife Virginia Thomas’s role in the January insurrection; It’s a crisis”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at Rolling Stone.

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MARCH 27, 2022

The FWC may make orders to stop bullying or sexual harassment in the workplace, or it could dismiss the application.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“The Supreme Court has a giant legitimacy crisis, which means so does America; A runaway Supreme Court facing a massive conflict-of-interest scandal and increasing politicization is testing faith in the American Experiment”: Columnist Will Bunch has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Domestic violence offenders will be electronically tracked, after government announced a $104 million funding package.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“By trashing Jackson, the GOP magnified a right-wing court’s legitimacy problem”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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MARCH 27, 2022

In Alberta Cricket Association v. Alberta Cricket Council, 2021 ONSC 8451, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice set aside an arbitral award on the basis that that the Arbitrator failed to provide adequate reasons and did not provide an explanation for the award.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“Does the Supreme Court Deserve Ketanji Brown Jackson?” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

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MARCH 27, 2022

If you are a homeowner, the current cycle of warm daytime and freezing nighttime temperatures can be frustrating as you think you need to constantly maintain sidewalks and pathways on your property.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years”: Harry Enten of CNN has this news analysis.

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MARCH 27, 2022

The offence of 'act of indecency' was replaced on 1 December 2018 by ‘sexual act', but still applies to earlier conduct.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites'”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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MARCH 27, 2022

An interlocutory injunction can be effective to restrict or limit the damage from a threatened infringement proceeding.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“The Republicans’ Wild Attacks at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing; The various moments when the Supreme Court nominee seemed to decide that she was not going to let herself be bullied were fascinating to watch”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Builder A should not assume that he will be excused from liability for defects when a subsequent builder B takes over.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“The Respectful Supreme Court Hearing That Wasn’t; Republicans’ hostile interrogation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and relentless re-litigating of past Supreme Court feuds marred a historic moment”: Carl Hulse had this front page news analysis in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

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Mondaq

MARCH 27, 2022

The decisions of Ono and MSD both provide some much-needed clarity regarding how PTE provisions are to be construed.

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MARCH 27, 2022

“Republicans won’t be satisfied with overturning Roe; Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing offered a glimpse of upcoming culture war fights at the court”: Law professor Melissa Murray has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

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