Weekly Case Roundup By Barry Barnett on November 12, 2019 Posted in Antitrust, Class Actions, Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Intellectual Property, Procedure Federal Circuit grants Commerce Secretary broad power to remove IPR judges to clean up appointments clause mess. Receipt of credit report by person who doesn’t have authorization counts as Article III injury for standing purposes. Health care records case goes back to trial court to ease certification of issues to New York Court of Appeals. Federal “Filter Team” to assess law firm’s privilege claims was improper. Patent on hepatitis treatment didn’t satisfy description and enablement requirements. Competitor’s copying of invention undercut obviousness defense. Bankruptcy courts have inherent authority to impose sanctions on lawyers. Bankruptcy preemption defense to debt-collection class claim didn’t raise individual issue for class members. DOJ Antitrust Division counsel stresses only “naked” no-poach and wage-fixing pacts per se violate section 1 of Sherman Act.
