Mike LaSusa

  • The Federal Circuit on Monday shot down a bid to press pause on its finding that Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges are unconstitutionally appointed, even though the request was backed by both parties in the case, Arthrex Inc. and Smith & Nephew Inc., as well as the federal government… Read this piece in its…

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  • A South Dakota federal judge said Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services owes some level of health care to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, though his order did not go as far as the tribe wanted… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A group of firms led by Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP has renewed a $6 million fee bid previously rejected by a Boston federal judge, arguing the request is fair given the firms’ work helping Massachusetts Institute of Technology workers and retirees reach an $18 million ERISA settlement… Read this piece in its entirety at…

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  • A pair of Boston City Hall aides asked a Massachusetts federal court on Friday to reject a bid by the government to overturn a finding of prosecutorial misconduct in a case in which the aides were acquitted of charges that they extorted a music festival to hire unneeded union labor… Read this piece in its…

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  • Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander agreed Friday to plead guilty to a federal felony in a case in which he was accused of obstructing a probe into whether he accepted cash, escort services and other bribes from a land developer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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