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Vinson & Elkins LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2023
The Federal Government’s High-Wire Act: Setting FERC up to Employ its Transmission Siting Backstop Authority
Much of the nation’s electric transmission grid is old and deteriorating, designed well before the recent transition from coal and oil-fired…
DLA Piper | USA | 5 Jun 2023
A lesson for government contractors: A lapse in your SAM registration could cost your company a contract
The Court of Federal Claims’ recent decision in Myriddian, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 23-443, provides an important lesson for government…
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 1 Jun 2023
Whose Standing Now? Federal Circuit Changes Jurisdiction Precedent for Bid Protests
On Monday, May 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued its decision in M.R. Pittman Group, LLC v. United…
Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 1 Jun 2023
Federal Circuit Affirms Unpatentability Of Gaming Machine Patent
On May 9, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) issued an opinion affirming the unpatentability decision of the…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 30 May 2023
Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit rejects invitation to abandon abuse-of-discretion standard of review in attorneys’ fees appeal
Clevenger, J. The Court affirmed a district court decision denying a Defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285. Two days after…
Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 30 May 2023
Federal Circuit Weighs in on Bid Protest Standing and Departs from Prior Cases
On May 10, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision regarding bid protest standing in CACI, Inc.-Federal v…
Crowell & Moring LLP | USA | 25 May 2023
Check Your SAM Registration Early and Often
Federal contractors must be registered on SAM.gov to be eligible for award of federal contracts. Failure to do so can have significant consequences…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 23 May 2023
SCOTUS: “The More a Party Claims for Itself the More it Must Enable”
On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in the case of Amgen Inc. et al. V. Sanofi, et al., No. 21-757…
Crowell & Moring LLP | USA | 22 May 2023
The Federal Circuit Reconsiders the Impact of Standing and Prejudice on the Court of Federal Claims’ Bid Protest Jurisdiction
Good news for potential protesters at the Court of Federal Claims (CFC). On May 10, 2023, in CACI, Inc.-Federal v. United States, No. 2022-1488, the…
Vinson & Elkins LLP | USA | 19 May 2023
The Supreme Court Invalidates Functional Genus Claims
In a unanimous opinion in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, the Supreme Court held that two functional genus patent claims were not enabled under 35 U.S.C. §…
