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A recent Court of Appeal decision raised the issue of realigning California takings law with paramount federal authority. Why ...

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The 9th Circuit recently reached the unsurprising conclusion that former board members lacked the power to authorize the filin...

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We recently wrote about how the Patent Office’s new rule could create disharmony in claim construction. Today we discuss the p...

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Employing an increasingly endangered species known as “bipartisan compromise,” the U.S. Senate this week passed legislation de...

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The Judicial Council has just released for public comment a set of new educational requirements for court-appointed attorneys ...