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  • June 18, 2026

    BREAKING: High Court Bars Federal Review Of State Court Appeals

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a legal doctrine designed to curtail duplicative litigation prevents parties who lose in state court from appealing in federal district court even if the state case is still pending.

  • June 18, 2026

    Justices Allow Gun Rights For Marijuana User

    U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot bar gun ownership for a marijuana user solely because he used a controlled substance, saying that the prosecution of a Texas man for owning guns as an admitted marijuana user was inconsistent with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

  • June 17, 2026

    Eli Lilly Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Scrap Teva's $177M IP Win

    Eli Lilly & Co. urged the full Federal Circuit Wednesday to review a panel ruling that upheld Teva's $177 million jury verdict on headache drug patents, arguing that the panel's decision runs afoul of the justices' Amgen holding and "opens a truck-sized hole in enablement and written description law."

  • June 17, 2026

    Hikma Ruling Raises Patent Pleading Bar Beyond Drug Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this month that shut down a patent suit against Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA over a drug using a so-called skinny label could also make it more challenging to plead induced infringement in cases involving other technologies, attorneys say.

  • June 17, 2026

    Grocery Chain Says Aon Put $40M In Opioid Coverage At Risk

    Supermarket chain Giant Eagle on Wednesday hit insurance brokerage firm Aon with claims in Pennsylvania federal court that it jeopardized $40 million in coverage allegedly owed to the chain for settlement and defense costs in opioid litigation.

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