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Friday, August 17, 2012

“Gene patent ruling highlights tension between SCOTUS, Fed Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Posted at 3:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“On Visits to Wounded Warriors, The Supreme Court Answers Back; A simple question about the justices and military hospitals provokes a worthy and fruitful conversation”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

Posted at 2:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruling on juvenile killers reopens wounds for victims’ families; A Supreme Court decision that juvenile murderers with life sentences should have a chance at parole stirs old memories for relatives of victims; Some are preparing to fight back”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Utah’s Myriad wins another round in gene-patent case; Appeals court backs the Utah company in high-profile dispute”: The Salt Lake Tribune contains this article today.

At Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a blog post titled “D.C. Court Upholds Myriad Breast-Cancer Patents, Snubbing Supreme Court.”

And The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that “Appeals Court Upholds U. of Utah’s Controversial Breast-Cancer Gene Patents.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Federal Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 10:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“25-year sentence reversed in drug case”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam has a news update that begins, “The conviction of a suspected drug dealer has been overturned because a panel of federal judges said it was improper for a Guam court to accept written testimony from a police officer who died before trial.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:35 AM by Howard Bashman