For example, suing someone for trespass is a state-law tort generally tried in a state court. Suing someone under a federal law, such as discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, would be a federal court action. Special federal courts, such as legislative and administrative courts, have ...
contractors of course feel as if their concerns were not resolved, or the protested other parties were let off the proverbial hook. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently explained that if that happens, there is no procurement left to protest, even if there are related research and develo...
This temporal frame is the focus of the Federal Circuit's recent decision inOsseo Imaging v. Planmeca, where the court was asked to disqualify the patentee's expert witness because he was not skilled in the art back when the invention was made -- rather, became skilled almost a decade lat...
American Indian treaties and the lower federal courts: A guide to treaty citations from opinions of the lower United States federal court system In a previous study, it was found that 209 of 375 recognized American Indian treaties have been cited in opinions of the United States Supreme Court ...
As Don Boudreaux has explained, Reich is not a big fan of economic rigor and accuracy. P.S. Reich also blamed antitrust policy, but we have had supposedly “weak antitrust enforcement” since the 1980s. So why did inflation wait until 2021 to appear? P.P.S. In addition to being wron...
The Edge Act grants American national banks wide access to the federal court system when they are involved in a suit with background in international or foreign financial transactions or operations. In this report, the authors analized and explained a section of the Edge Act which will give ...
Cons Explained Only unsubsidized loans are available to graduate students. These students are also charged higher interest rates than undergraduates. Discharging a federal student loan through bankruptcy may be possible in certain cases, but only after you file a separate action in court.8 ...
The Supreme Court and the courts of appeals have begun to expand federal jurisdiction and contract judicial discretion, although few have noticed. The new jurisdictional trend is worrisome because the Court has not acknowledged - much less explained - its change of direction. As a result, the ...
Executive Orders, Explained Trump is widely expected to sign a ‘blizzard’ of executive orders. What are they? And do they have staying power? Alan KronenbergJan. 19, 2025 Is Your TikTok Access Going Away? The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law to ban th...
Many of the concerns expressed by Chief Justice Roberts in his Carpenter opinion are highly salient in the context of geofence warrants. Perhaps the most alarming aspect of geofences is the potential for “permeating police surveillance.” As Chief Justice Roberts explained, modern cell phones enable...