The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear, on March 1, 2021, whether administrative patent judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are “inferior” officers properly appointed under the Appointments...
An attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday to lift an 18-year-old gag order that barred a former Xerox executive from speaking out about his long-ago prosecution by the U.S. Securities and...
In a step backward for due process, the Biden Department of Labor has revoked a Trump‐era policy meant to rein in the use of informal guidance documents to issue regulatory commands. Per Allen Smith at the Society for Human Resource Management, this raises the...
Can a professor hold university officials personally accountable for violating his constitutional rights when they deliberated with lawyers before doing it? The New Civil Liberties Alliance posed the question to the Supreme Court in a petition seeking review of a 5th...
In a victory for property rights with nationwide implications, the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that county regulators cannot restrict people’s conduct based on nonbinding guidance documents. The court’s decision is a setback for public officials accustomed to...
On Monday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court supporting petitioners against Joe Biden’s Health and Human Services nominee Xavier Becerra’s attempt as attorney general of California to out nonprofit donors for leftist...
President Biden is moving swiftly on his agenda to remake large parts of the economy by wielding the powers of the executive branch. He signed more than 30 executive orders in his first month, nearly as many as the past four presidents combined at this point in their...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most closely-watched patent case of the term, United States / Smith & Nephew v. Arthrex. IPWatchdog reached out to some of the amici in the case, as well as patent practitioners and other stakeholders, to...
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Harriet Hageman joins News Talk 600 KCOL’s show, “KCOL Mornings," with Jimmy Lakey. Harriet Hageman has been a trial attorney for almost 30 years and is licensed to practice law in Wyoming, Michigan, Colorado, and Nebraska, and has been...
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Harriet Hageman joins Philadelphia's AM 990 The Answer's show, "Philadelphia's Morning Answer," with Chris Stigall. Harriet Hageman has been a trial attorney for almost 30 years and is licensed to practice law in Wyoming, Michigan,...