United States Federal Circuit - April 2012 Opinion Summaries

Hall v. US

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a federal employee who was summoned to serve on a grand jury for two years and who was terminated from her job at the end of her...

Essar Steel Ltd. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
In a case in which the Department of Commerce assessed countervailing duties on a steel company for its purchases of iron ore products in India, the...

Githens v. Shinseki

Military Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In a case in which a veteran brought a claim before the Department of Veterans Affairs for total disability based on individual unemployability, her...

Stone v. Sec'y of Health and Human Services

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In consolidated cases in which parents sought compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for injuries to their children...

Landmark Screens, LLC v. Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, LLP

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a state-law fraud suit stemming from alleged acts of malpractice committed by a lawyer and his firm in connection with a patent application: 1) the...

Parsons Global Services, Inc. v. McHugh

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Military Law
In a case in which a prime contractor submitted to the government a claim for payment under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 on behalf of a...

Waltner v. US

Administrative Law, Tax Law
Dismissal of a tax refund suit for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed, where none of the forms submitted by the taxpayers constituted "properly...

Donnellan v. Shinseki

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case in which a veteran sought disability benefits, his appeal of a remand order of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is dismissed, where...

USPPS, Ltd. v. Avery Dennison Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a suit for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud arising out of a licensee's and law firm's alleged failure to secure a patent on the licensed...

Bayer Schering Pharma AG v. Lupin, Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In consolidated patent infringement actions brought by a pharmaceutical manufacturer against defendants who filed abbreviated new drug applications...