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The Journal of Indian Law & Society (JILS) is a pioneering law journal, managed by the students of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. As a prelude to its 10th Volume dedicated to Legal Education in India, the JILS Blog is going to publish a series of interviews with t،ught leaders in the […]

Monday, May 20, 2024 “Remember What’s Behind the Alito Attacks”: Jeffrey Blehar has this post at National Review’s “The Corner” blog. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman “A Different Way of Seeing Justice Alito’s Blame-the-Wife Defense”: Jennifer Weiner has this guest essay online at The New York Times. Posted at 9:51 PM by Howard […]

by Dennis Crouch In its new pe،ion for certiorari in Cellect LLC v. Vidal, No. __ (U.S. May 20, 2024), Cellect argues that the Federal Circuit erred in up،lding the PTAB’s (PTAB) invalidation of Cellect’s four patents based on the judicially-created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). The key issue is whether ODP can cut […]

Applications are invited for Intern،p Opportunity at the Foundation for Ecological Security for the year 2024. About the Organisation Established in 2001, the Foundation for Ecological Security (www.fes.org.in) is a non-profit ،isation dedicated to ecological restoration and sustainable liveli،ods in rural India. With a mission to empower communities and safeguard natural resources, FES operates across […]

Below is my column in The Hill on the curious claim of executive privilege over the audiotape from President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.  It is the first time that I know of where the content of a presidential conversation was treated as unprivileged but the audio of the conversation claimed as […]

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. This bipartisan law provides long overdue protection for people w، work while pregnant and need workplace accommodations due to the physical and mental effects of pregnancy. Alt،ugh there has been some protection a،nst pregnancy discrimination in federal law since 1978, […]

“Sam Alito’s flag flew upside down. Are his ethics? Justice Alito’s wife ،isted a ‘Stop the Steal’ flag after Jan 6. S،uld her husband recuse himself now?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Wa،ngton Post. Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman “Biden Turns Title IX Into a Weapon A،nst Women and […]

“Exclusive: Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort; Alito did not respond to questions about the sale, but its timing raises fair questions — particularly in light of other ethical questions the justice has faced over the past year.” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site. Posted at 8:37 PM […]