The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Oct. 1 appointed two new members to the court's advisory council. Judge Kimberly Moore appointed Gabriel Bell, the head of Latham & Watkins' intellectual property appellate practice, and Kathi Vidal, partner at Winston & Strawn and leading IP litigator. Moore also reappointed Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the International Trade Commission, and Sonal Mehta, partner at WilmerHale, members to the council. All four will serve three-year terms, starting Oct. 1.
Gina Justice has become the clerk of the Court of International Trade following the retirement of Mario Toscano, Justice announced on LinkedIn. For the past decade, Justice worked as the trial court administrator for Florida's 13th Judicial Circuit, which is the state court system encompassing Tampa. Prior to joining the Florida court system, Justice worked for over 30 years for courts in Hawaii and Southern California, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Chinese semiconductor company Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. accused the Bureau of Industry and Security of illegally withholding documents related to its placement on the Entity List, adding that the government acted on "inaccurate" information from YMTC competitors when it imposed stringent export license requirements on the company in 2022. The firm also questioned whether the End-User Review Committee, the interagency group that makes decisions on adding or removing companies from the Entity List, followed proper protocol when it voted to put YMTC on the list.
The drop box for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be relocated to the National Courts Building's main lobby, effective Oct. 20, the court announced. The drop box will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, save for federal holidays. Before being deposited in the drop box, the court said, "all items must be date-stamped using the provided stamp and go through security screening."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Sept. 16 proposed amending seven of its practice rules and four practice notes to its rules. The court said public comments on the proposed changes are due by Oct. 16. If approved, the amendments would take effect on Dec. 1.
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 6 said enforcement of Pacer's updated password standards has been "temporarily delayed" in light of long wait times over the weekend at the Pacer Service Center. The court asked that "only users who receive a prompt to enroll in [multifactor authentication] when they log in should do so." Otherwise, "no action is necessary."
The Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit on Aug. 29 again decided to suspend Judge Pauline Newman from hearing cases for one year due to the 98-year-old judge's continued "misconduct." Since a special committee of the court opened an investigation on Newman's fitness to continue serving on the bench, the judge has refused to cooperate and submit to "standard neuropsychological exams." As a result, the special committee recently recommended extending Newman's suspension for another year (see 2507290029). The Judicial Council found there to be "ample justification" for the committee's order that Newman submit to the exams and for the committee's recommendation to suspend Newman for another year.
The Court of International Trade's Pay.gov system will undergo maintenance Sept. 6 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT, the court announced. Documents requiring payment with this system can't be filed on CM/ECF during this time.
The Court of International Trade's Pay.gov system will undergo maintenance Aug. 16 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT, the court announced. Documents requiring payment with this system can't be filed on CM/ECF during this time.
The Court of International Trade's Pay.gov system will undergo maintenance Aug. 9 from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET, the court announced. Documents requiring payment with this system can't be filed on CM/ECF during this time.