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Federal Circuit Clears the Blockage and Dissolves UT’s Stent Patent Verdict Against Boston Scientific
In a decisive reversal, the Federal Circuit handed Boston Scientific Corporation a complete victory in Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. Boston Scientific Corp., vacating a jury verdict that had found Boston Scientific’s drug-eluting coronary...
First Circuit Keeps Block on H-1B $100,000 Fee: What Employers Should Know
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has denied the federal government’s request to stay a district court order blocking the administration’s H-1B measures, including the proposed $100,000 filing fee.The litigation is ongoing, but the ruling...
SALT Society: Tim’s Tasty Tax Travels
Introducing SALT Society’s newest recurring feature: Tim’s Tasty Tax Travels – a lighthearted look at the local food that fuels Partner Tim Gustafson on his SALT travels. First up: a Manhattan smash burger stop between sessions at NYU’s summer...
Two Lane Highway: DOL Publishes Two “Dueling” Opinion Letters Regarding the Compensability of Commute Time
By: Petersen D. Walrod, Kevin M. Young, and Brett C. BartlettSeyfarth Synopsis: On July 22, 2026, the U.S. DOL’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) published two opinion letters addressing when commute time must be paid. In FLSA 2026-9, WHD concludes that...
Governor Sherrill Selects Christopher Peterson to Lead New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Governor Mikie Sherrill has announced her intention to nominate Christopher L. Peterson, one of the nation’s best-known consumer protection scholars and former senior Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official, to serve as Director of the New Jersey Division...
Gibson Dunn Snags Wachtell Partners… But One Planned Lateral Got Literally & Figuratively Benched
Gibson Dunn just landed a homerun lateral haul this week, snatching six litigation partners out of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, including executive committee co-chair and litigation co-chair William Savitt, reportedly set in motion by a coffee meeting with...
Park Benches And Supreme Court Benches
The biggest story in legal last week was an unfortunate guerrilla antagonizing of a couple making out on a park bench… who just happened to be a Wachtell partner and associate. And now an internal HR problem is suddenly national news. Say what you will about the...
There’s An Obvious Fix For Washington’s Bar Exam Debacle
[READ MORE HERE: About bar exam horrors in Missouri and Maryland] Yesterday, Washington called off its entire July bar exam after the NextGen debut collapsed in a Yakima convention center — six hours of dead WiFi, not a single question answered, an entire...
Grand jury vetoes felony hit-and-run charges against former US attorney in Texas
{mag_summary} A Houston grand jury has rejected all criminal charges against a former U.S. attorney accused of leaving the scene of a crash and causing…