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Constitutional Law—State-Funded Use of Religious Facilities for Public High School Ceremonies Violates the Establishment Clause—Doe ex rel. Doe v. Elmbrook School District, 687 F.3d 840 (7th Cir.), petition for cert. filed, 81 U.S.L.W. 3371 (U.S. Dec. 20, 2012) (No. 12-755)

May 15, 2013 | Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 46

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution embodies one of the country’s founding principles—separation of church and state—by prohibiting Congress from enacting laws that either respect a religious establishment or prohibit the people’s free exercise of...

Antitrust Law—Rejecting the “Scope of the Patent” Test in Analysis of Reverse Payments in Pharmaceutical Industry—In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, 686 F.3d 197 (3d Cir.), petition for cert. filed, 81 U.S.L.W. 3090 (U.S. Aug. 29, 2012) (No. 12-265); 81 U.S.L.W. 3090 (U.S. Aug. 24, 2012) (No. 12-245)

May 15, 2013 | Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 46

The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act) prohibits businesses from contracting, combining, and conspiring to restrain trade or commerce.  Reverse-payment-patent-settlement agreements between brand-name and generic pharmaceutical companies—whereby a brand-name-patent...

Evidence—Withholding Original Documents and Producing Copies for Trial Constitutes Spoliation Warranting Adverse Inference—Bull v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 665 F.3d 68 (3d Cir. 2012)

May 15, 2013 | Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 46

When a party to litigation destroys relevant evidence, the judge may issue sanctions under the court’s inherent and statutory authority to punish spoliation of evidence.  The adverse inference sanction permits or compels the jury to conclude the destroyed evidence...

Admiralty & Maritime Law—Ninth Circuit Relocates “High Seas” Under Death on the High Seas Act—Helman v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc., 637 F.3d 986 (9th Cir. 2011)

May 15, 2013 | Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 46

Article III of the United States Constitution extends federal judicial power to all cases arising under admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.  The Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) in turn provides the exclusive, albeit monetarily limited, maritime remedy for wrongful...