United States:
Done Shopping
21 March 2024
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider
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On March 12, 2024, the Judicial Conference of the United States
announced an amendment of the policy governing random case
assignment to “deter[] judge-shopping.” This amendment,
effective immediately, applies to all civil actions that seek to
bar or mandate state or federal actions by declaratory judgment or
any form of injunctive relief. Such cases will be randomly assigned
to a judge within an entire district rather than only within the
division in which cases are filed (other types of cases may
continue to be assigned to single-judge court divisions). Other
than expanding Chief Judge Moses' December 2022 Amended Order
beyond patent cases, it is unclear what practical effect the
amended policy will have on patent filings in the Western District
of Texas.
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