IPWatchdog

Federal Circuit Dismisses Patent Owner’s Appeal for Lack of Final Judgment Under Rule 54(b)

The Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision today dismissing ParkerVision’s appeal from a judgment of non-infringement ...
JD Supra

Final Means Final: Supreme Court Reaffirms Strict Limits on Post-Judgment Amendments

When is a final judgment not final? In an opinion by Justice Thomas unanimously reversing the Second Circuit, the Supreme Court reaffirmed on June 5 that the bar for reopening a final judgment under ...
Law

Semantics of Order, Final Judgment: State Appellate Court Declines to Consider Attorney Fee Challenge

"In other words, Missouri law is clear that a motion that is expressly declared by Supreme Court Rule to be an independent action must be resolved by an independent judgment that meets the ...
JD Supra

Effective immediately: Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.530(a) applies to certain non-final orders

Most trial lawyers tend to use reconsideration and rehearing interchangeably. But until recently they served very different purposes. Motions for rehearing filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil ...
Law

Ninth Circuit Rules that Decision Reimposing the Automatic Stay is Immediately Appealable

In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that a bankruptcy court’s decision to lift the automatic stay of pending litigation imposed by the Bankruptcy Code is a final, appealable order. But what if a ...