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Reining In A 'Renegade' Court: Tc Heartland And The Eastern District Of Texas, Jonas Anderson
Reining In A 'Renegade' Court: Tc Heartland And The Eastern District Of Texas, Jonas Anderson
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In TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, the Supreme Court tightened the venue requirement for patent cases, making it more difficult for a plaintiff to demonstrate that a district court has venue over a defendant. Many commentators, however, view TC Heartland as merely a “reshuffling” of the district courts that receive patent cases. Whereas before the case, a large percentage of patent cases were filed in the Eastern District of Texas, now, after TC Heartland, various other U.S. district courts (principally, the District of Delaware) have experienced an increase in patent infringement filings. Some commentators are unconvinced that this …
Think Of An Elephant? Tweeting As "Framing" Executive Power, Fernando R. Laguarda
Think Of An Elephant? Tweeting As "Framing" Executive Power, Fernando R. Laguarda
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Jesner V. Arab Bank, Rebecca Hamilton
Jesner V. Arab Bank, Rebecca Hamilton
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The exclusion of transnational human rights litigation from U.S. federal courts is, for most practical purposes, now complete. On April 24, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 5–4 ruling in Jesner v. Arab Bank, deciding that foreign corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS).