Declaratory judgment actions brought under Pennsylvania's Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa. C.S. Sections 7531-41, present knotty questions of appealability. See, Affordable Outdoor v. Tri-Outdoor, ...

On Dec. 19, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took on the confusing question of declaratory judgments under the federal Superfund statute, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation ...

Considers Standard Insurances v. IRS where a taxpayer sought declaratory and injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court ...

For some reason, everybody is talking about severability. (Which means it is a good day, like every day, to read Kevin Walsh.) In addition to all the discussion of the merits and severability in Texas ...

In the absence of regulation governing issues surrounding declaratory judgments for non-infringement, judgments of prior cases must be used as a guide. Qing Ge of Liu Shen & Associates in Beijing ...

“Patentees must think strategically before firing off cease-and-desist letters and during follow-up correspondence or meetings, lest they ultimately find themselves defending against a declaratory ...

Pursuant to Minnesota Statute § 555.01, courts have the power to “declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed.” See also Minn. R. Civ. P. 57; ...

“The CAFC explained that the precedent illustrated that many different circumstances may arise whereby discretion is exercised on various facts, including ‘whether preclusion should be afforded to a ...

After receiving notice of an allegation of infringement from a trade mark owner, the receiving party is often put in the unenviable position of having to make a unilateral determination to either ...

Rather than order Trump to comply with an injunction (which is immediately punishable by the power of contempt), the court instead used a declaratory judgment, simply declaring that Trump is violating ...