The long-running legal dispute between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs cannot be reopened on the ...

Kenneth G. Schwarz writes: Res judicata, or claim preclusion, is frequently used in the same breath as collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion. But while the two doctrines arise out of a desire to ...

The Federal Circuit recently vacated a summary judgment ruling of invalidity, holding that the district court erred in applying preclusive effect to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s unpatentability ...