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Venue
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Unanimous Supreme Court rejects claim Double Jeopardy Clause precludes retrial after trial in wrong venue
The Supreme Court this morning issued an short unanimous ruling in Smith v. US, No. 21–1576 (S. Ct. June 15, 2023) (available here). Justice Alito authored the opinion for the…
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Unanimous Supreme Court rejects claim Double Jeopardy Clause precludes retrial after trial in wrong venue
The Supreme Court this morning issued an short unanimous ruling in Smith v. US, No. 21–1576 (S. Ct. June 15, 2023) (available here). Justice Alito authored the opinion for the…
Virginia Rocket Docket Blog
The Future of Patent Infringement Litigation in the EDVA
By Dabney J. Carr, Robert Angle
The Eastern District of Virginia has long been one of the country’s most active venues for patent litigation, primarily because of its speedy docket. A few years ago, Robert Angle…
Tort Talk
Sufficient Quantity and Quality of Contacts Found to Render Philadelphia County as a Proper Venue
In the case of Troseth v. Carson Helicopters Holding Co. Inc., March Term, No. 1222 (C.P. Phila. Co. Aug. 24, 2022 Kennedy, J.), the court ruled that venue was proper…
Tort Talk
Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules on Issue of Proper Venue in Context of Parent-Subsidiary Entities in Med Mal Case
In the case of Estate of Rita Quigley v. Pottstown Hospital, No. 2022 Pa.Super. 205 (Pa. Super. Dec. 1, 2022 Lazarus, J., Murray, J., McCaffery, J.) (Op. by Lazarus, J.),…
White Collar Briefly
Venue Misstep Shows Complexity of Prosecuting Cybercrime: Supreme Court to Weigh In
The Supreme Court of the United States will decide an issue impacting charging decisions in criminal cases involving technology and where those cases are tried. Specifically, the Supreme Court will…
Criminal
SCOTUS grants cert review on two more criminal cases
Yesterday the US Supreme court issued this new order list to continue to fill out its relatively fallow docket. Two of the three new cases the Supreme Court has decided…
Tort Talk
Denial of Motion To Transfer Venue Affirmed On Appeal
All in all, they'd rather be in PhiladelphiaIn the case of Ritchey v. Rutter’s Inc., No. 2219 EDA 2020 (Pa. Super. Oct. 20, 2022 Dubow, J., Pellegrini, J., Lazarus, J.)…
The IP Law Blog
Do Employees Working from Home Impact Venue in Patent Litigation?
In patent infringement cases, venue is proper under 28 U.S.C § 1406(a) where either (1) the company accused of infringement is incorporated or (2) where the company has committed acts…
Patents Post-Grant
WDTX Scatters Patent Docket – Now What?
By Scott McKeown, Scott McKeown Wolf Greenfield
Judicial Conference & Congressional Attention Stir Change This time last year, the Western District of Texas (WDTX) was getting a lot of attention from Washington DC policymakers. That is, a…