August 01, 2025
In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line.
July 28, 2025
A three-judge Federal Circuit panel recommended Monday that U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman remain suspended, saying her refusal to undergo medical tests by doctors chosen by the court is a "serious form of continuing misconduct" that is hindering an investigation into her health.
July 17, 2025
The Federal Circuit is considering major questions about when delays in prosecuting patents become bad faith and whether the acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director is legally allowed to apply new rules retroactively. Here's what you need to know about these cases and others that attorneys are keeping an eye on for the rest of the year.
April 24, 2025
The attorney fighting Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension alarmed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday when he argued that judges can only have their work taken from them if they voluntarily resign or are impeached.
April 22, 2025
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman will stand before a panel of D.C. Circuit judges on Thursday, arguing that her colleagues wrongly suspended her two years ago. Here's what you should know about the judges who are tasked with overseeing the 97-year-old jurist's challenge.
April 02, 2025
The Federal Circuit will hear arguments this month in patent cases involving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and a blockbuster Johnson & Johnson schizophrenia drug, and the court will itself be the subject of a case at another appeals court as Judge Pauline Newman seeks to end her suspension.
March 26, 2025
Counsel for suspended 97-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman on Wednesday told the D.C. Circuit that its decision to transfer ethics complaints against a senior district court judge, lodged by his own colleagues, supported her contention that her fellow circuit judges shouldn't investigate her fitness to remain on the bench.
March 25, 2025
A neurosurgeon who examined Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman and declared her fit to serve on the bench pushed back Tuesday on criticism of his evaluation made by doctors retained by the appeals court's other judges, who have suspended the 97-year-old jurist.
February 25, 2025
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has said the court's other judges have undermined their claims about why they suspended her, by retaining experts who questioned reports from her own doctors finding her fit to serve as a judge.
February 24, 2025
The D.C. Circuit has set a date in April to hear an appeal from Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, who is fighting her suspension from the bench for refusing to undergo medical tests.