Attorneys must make sure that any ex parte contacts and communications with a judge concerning administrative matters in no way venture into the merits of the case. Attorneys must make sure that any ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. October 27, 2023 - The ex parte seizure order, codified under Section 1836(b)(2) of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ...

In their International Dispute Resolution column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky write: When practitioners and scholars speak, in articles and seminars, about corruption in international ...

Ex parte appeals (or “appeals”) provide a rare opportunity for applicants to involve new decision-makers to independently assess the quality of pending rejections. However, a substantial disadvantage ...

The Madras High Court Chief Justice’s Bench has cautioned all the courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry against passing ex-parte interim orders in a casual manner and without due consideration to the ...

Ex parte reexamination (EPRx) is a powerful tool that allows any party — including the patent owner — to request that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reassess the validity of an ...

February 1, 2022 - On Oct. 11, 1996, President Clinton signed the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA) into law: "Trade secrets are an integral part of virtually every sector of our economy and are ...

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In the April 1, 2026 issue of the Official Gazette, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a new process permitting patent owners to file an early, limited response to a request for ex parte ...

So much happened on Good Friday with A.A.R.P. v. Trump that one item has slipped through the cracks. The ACLU made a request for an injunction after hours on the voicemail of Judge Hendrix's chambers.

An ex parte application by the police to injunct a planned anti-galamsey protest scheduled for April 28 to 30, by the Generational Rights Protection Society (GRPS), was withdrawn on the order of ...