Supreme Court’s Rejection Is Not the End of the Road for Madden v. Midland Funding CLIENT ALERT | July 7, 2016 Richard P. Eckman | eckmanr@pepperlaw.com Gregory J. Nowak | nowakg@pepperlaw.com PJ Hoffman | hoffmanp@pepperlaw.com REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT MIDLAND’S CASE IS SUCCESSFUL AT THE DISTRICT COURT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THE SECOND...

Status Quo at the PTAB for Now: Supreme Court Makes No Change to IPR; Judicial Review and Claim Construction Standard Remain the Same CLIENT ALERT | June 30, 2016 Maia H. Harris | harrism@pepperlaw.com Frank D. Liu | liuf@pepperlaw.com THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION WILL NOT LIKELY CHANGE MUCH IN THE NEAR TERM — ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT MADE NO...

Supreme Court Narrows Interpretation of Federal Corruption Statute CLIENT ALERT | June 29, 2016 Martin S. Bloor | bloorm@pepperlaw.com Linda Regis-Hallinan | hallinanl@pepperlaw.com Christen Tuttle | tuttlec@pepperlaw.com THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION HALTS THE GOVERNMENT’S TREND TO BROADLY INTERPRET THE FEDERAL CORRUPTION STATUTES IN ITS AGGRESSIVE...

New Hope for Patent Owners: Supreme Court Eases the Path to Enhanced Damages CLIENT ALERT | June 14, 2016 Maia H. Harris | harrismh@pepperlaw.com Bradley T. Lennie | lennieb@pepperlaw.com UNDER THE NEW STANDARD, DISTRICT COURTS WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLY MORE DISCRETION TO FIND THAT AN ACCUSED INFRINGER ACTED WILLFULLY AND ENHANCE DAMAGES UP TO THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF...

Supreme Court Rules that Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determinations Are Reviewable in Court 06.01.2016 | UPDATES The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on May 31, 2016 that an approved jurisdictional determination issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act is a final agency action subject to judicial review. Hawkes Co., Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 578 U.S . ___...