The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to use its inherent power to award deterrence sanctions for filing a nuisance patent infringement lawsuit. PS ...

"Inherent" presidential authority engages a very unstable principle. There are doubtless some such powers buried in Article II. But the inherency principle is unprincipled; it conduces to opportunism, ...

When President Donald Trump announced his tariffs last week, he also declared a national emergency. According to the White House, the emergency in question is “the large and persistent trade deficit,” ...

In recent decisions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the inherent powers of district courts to investigate and address potential party misconduct in patent litigations, ...