On February 25, 2014, in Kaley v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-3 that criminal defendants challenging the legality of a §853(e)(1) pre-trial asset seizure may not contest a grand jury's determination of probable cause to believe the...

Ensuring Litigation Occurs Where You Want It - Companies often include a forum-selection clause in their written agreements to determine where any litigation proceedings will occur. Just as often, however, companies pay little or no attention to...

There are stirrings in the U.S. Senate of yet another bid to establish a federal right of civil action for trade secret misappropriation. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has quietly circulated a draft bill to IP lawyers and others with an interest in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently issued a proposed rule to remove Eureka Valley evening-primrose (Oenothera avita ssp. eurekensis) and Eureka dune grass (Swallenia alexandrae) from the federal list of endangered species. The...