The proposed European unitary patent and unified patent court represents one of the largest changes to the European patent system in a generation. It will usher in a new European patent right (the ...

Following the California Coastal Commissions approval of extended operations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, there is a local push to get unitary taxes reinstated. Unitary tax refers to the property tax ...

Caleb E. Nelson, a leading originalist law professor, challenged the conventional wisdom of the “unitary executive theory” in an article that was debated in the parties’ briefs ahead of Monday’s ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...

There is confusion over what will happen to the debts owed by Woking Borough Council (pictured) and Spelthorne Borough Council One of the two new unitary authorities confirmed for Surrey could be ...

Rutland CC’s leader has ruled out any plans to merge with neighbouring Leicestershire CC as part of LGR plans. Neighbouring authorities in both Lincolnshire and Leicestershire have included the ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to embrace "unitary executive" theory (UET) in its upcoming case in Trump v. Slaughter, at least in so far as that theory mandates that the president have the power to ...

Creating five new unitary authorities for Sussex would save £52.4m a year, Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) leaders have said. The council's proposal for restructuring councils includes expanding ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It all started with Richard Nixon. It was the summer of 1974, and Watergate was ...

In the past month, two federal judges have ordered federal agencies to reinstate thousands of federal employees, including those at USDA, decisions the Trump administration strongly disagrees with and ...

Hertfordshire’s districts have rejected the county council’s reorganisation proposal for a single unitary council as creating an excessively large authority. Councils have submitted a combined ...