What to Expect From the New Supreme Court Term Posted On January 12, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to take on major cases in the copyright, patent, and employment law spaces, with questions about how the newly enlarged conservative wing will weigh in on these issues. Arguments have already been held in a case involving whether Google’s Android platform illegally infringed software code developed by Oracle. Later in the year, the court will consider whether changes made to patent law designed to combat patent trolls are constitutional or not.
The Supreme Court only hears and decides a small number of cases each year, roughly one out of every 60 or 70 cases that are appealed to the court. Consequently, Supreme Court decisions carry extraordinary weight because they represent the final and unappealable outcome of a given legal issue. Court decisions in the intellectual
Community members continue to question why law enforcement authorities conducted a high-risk raid on the family home of Dolal Idd, who was shot and killed by police last week. Family members have said authorities entered their home with guns early Thursday, zip-tied the adults and didn’t tell them that their son had been killed until after the search was over.
CP Illustration: Abbie Adams As we stagger away from 2020, we look back at the past year as one of devastating loss and seemingly endless instability. But hopefully, two developments provide some reason to look ahead with cautious optimism. The coming days will see a new presidency promising a swifter, more organized response to the coronavirus crisis. And already, two versions of the COVID-19 vaccine are making their way through frontline workers and vulnerable populations, and will eventually reach the general public. Instead of New Year s resolutions,
Pittsburgh City Paper asked local artists, musicians, politicians, and community members to reveal the first thing they’re dreaming of doing once they receive their vaccinations. (Please note, that even after being vaccinated, recipients are still asked to wear masks and practice social distancing to be safe.) Hopefully, the
Following the news of Richard Thornburgh s death at age 88 on December 31, almost everyone who had met the former two-term governor of Pennsylvania, and U.S. attorney general had a story about him..
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Former Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh, who made integrity and efficiency the hallmarks of his public service as a governor, U.S. attorney general and under-secretary-general of the United Nations, died peacefully of natural causes today in Pittsburgh, PA. He was 88. The governor s public career spanned 25 years, and he retired earlier in 2020 as counsel to the international law firm of K&L Gates LLP.
His wife, Ginny Judson Thornburgh, said that he had endured declining health to the end with characteristic determination, grace and humor.
Former U.S. Attorney General and Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh