Sun Yat-sen’s San-min doctrine and its legacy in Chinese constitutionalism: three principles for two systems

Dec 27, 2021 | Current, Online Edition, Uncategorized

PDF *Federico Lorenzo Ramaioli[i] I. Introduction In spite of the ideological and political divergences characterizing the constitutional systems of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, commonly Taiwan), it is possible, however, to draw...

Federal Indian Law—First Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Penobscot Nation’s Reservation Boundary—Penobscot Nation v. Mills, 861 F.3d 324 (1st Cir. 2017).

Jun 18, 2018 | Current, Online Edition, Uncategorized

PDF Jessica Barton* The principles of Federal Indian law developed to address the unique relationship and history between the United States federal government and the Native American people, nations, and tribes.[1] In Penobscot Nation v. Mills,[2]the First Circuit...

Bluer Skies in Massachusetts: First Circuit Clarifies Section 410(a)(2) of the Massachusetts Blue Sky Laws

May 16, 2016 | Current, Online Edition

Background Randall Fincke (Fincke) was an entrepreneur on a mission to expand automated electronic defibrillation (AED) technology.[1]  In 2000, Fincke and a business partner formed Access Cardiosystems, Inc. (Access) to market, manufacture, and sell Fincke’s new AED...

U.S. District Court in Boston Taxi Owners Says Uber can Continue to be Treated Independently from Taxicabs . . . At Least for Now

Mar 17, 2016 | Current, Online Edition

Introduction Uber is an internet-based service provider, found as an application on a mobile phone.  The service it provides: connecting ordinary people who need a car ride to a nearby location with ordinary people who are offering to provide a car ride in their own...

Structure or Function? AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. v. Janssen Biotech, Inc. and the Federal Circuit’s Structure-Function Analysis of Functionally Defined Genus Claims Under Section 112’s Written Description Requirement

Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition

I. Introduction On July 1, 2014, in AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. v. Janssen Biotech, Inc.,[ref]759 F.3d 1285 (Fed. Cir. 2014).[/ref] the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision invalidating the claims of two antibody patents...

Academic Conferences: When Small is Beautiful

Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Reflections on organizing an academic gathering easily risk becoming a navel-gazing exercise, and not a very interesting one at that. Those risks notwithstanding, I wish to use the occasion of an April 2014 program at Suffolk University Law School to champion the...