There has been a recent Supreme Court decision that has far reaching implications for banks acting as secured lenders in cases arising under the "cramdown" provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. In Till v. SCS Credit Corp., decided on May 17th, the Supreme Court considered the issue of what interest rate...
The article talks about the purposes of these rules are to establish a procurement policy for the Judicial Branch, allow for the continued development of procurement policies and practices for the Arizona Judicial Branch, make as consistent as possible the procurement policies and practices among the various courts operating under...
"Since Supreme Court review is essentially discretionary, it is increasingly rare for the Court to hear an argument concerning Intellectual Property rights. However, the Supreme Court will critically review cases that belong in one of the four distinct categories. These include cases in which: (1) lower court decisions conflict,...
This article gives an overview of the relevant Illinois Supreme Court Rules, which is necessary in order to properly examine the extent, to which the insurer’s claim file may be discoverable in a first-party property insurance lawsuit. It explains that a blanket request for the production of an insurer’s claims...
On May 30, 2002 the Texas Supreme Court rendered an opinion in King v. Dallas Fire Ins. Co., 2002 WL 1118438 (Tex. 2002). The court, in a unanimous opinion, held that coverage existed for derivative liability claims against an employer, where the employee's conduct was intentional. This article explores the...
Paper deduces that on May 28, a unanimous Supreme Court addressed the conditions under which prosecution-history estoppel bars a patent owner from using the doctrine of equivalents where the patent applicant, during prosecution, narrowed a claim limitation to obtain the patent. The principal limitation on the use of the doctrine...