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Under the U.S. Constitution, states “maintain certain attributes of sovereignty, including sovereign immunity.”

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Earlier this month, the German parliament adopted a new law designed to limit the availability of injunctions in patent infrin...

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The 9th Circuit vacated the defendant’s convictions for two counts of assault, while affirming her conviction for making false...

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