FedSoc Events

This panel was part of the 17th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference held on January 3-4, 2015 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Prof. Michael Greve, George Mason University School of Law; Prof. Philip Hamburger, Columbia Law School; Prof. Kristin Hickman, University of Minnesota Law School; and Prof. Richard Pierce, The George Washington University School of Law. Moderator: Prof. John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law.

This debate was part of the 17th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference held on January 3-4, 2015 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Prof. Lester Brickman, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt Law School. Moderator: Prof. Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

This panel was part of the 17th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference held on January 3-4, 2015 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. In Memory of Prof. Dan Markel, Florida State University School of Law, Prawfsblawg Founder, and former Searle fellow. -- Featuring: Prof. William Baude, University of Chicago Law School, "Is Originalism the Law?"; Prof. Charles Korsmo, Case Western University School of Law, "Aggregation by Acquisition: Replacing Class Actions with a Market for Legal Claims"'; Prof. Minor Myers, Brooklyn Law School, "Aggregation by Acquisition: Replacing Class Actions with a Market for Legal Claims"; Prof. Christopher Newman, George Mason University School of Law, "Bailment and the Property/Contract Interface"; Prof. Christopher Walker, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, "Inside Agency Interpretation"; and Prof. Kevin Walsh, University of Richmond School of Law, "In the Beginning There Was None: Supreme Court Review of State Criminal Prosecutions". Commentators: Prof. James Lindgren, Northwestern University School of Law and Prof. Keith Hylton, Boston University School of Law. Moderator: Prof. Richard Garnett, University of Notre Dame Law School.

This debate was part of the 17th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference held on January 3-4, 2015 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Resolved, that the Affordable Care Act does not authorize subsidies for individuals purchasing health insurance through federal exchanges -- Featuring: Prof. Jonathan Adler, Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Prof. Nick Bagley, University of Michigan School of Law. Moderator: Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law Center.

This panel was part of the 17th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference held on January 3-4, 2015 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Prof. John Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law; Prof. Gillian Metzger, Columbia Law School; Prof. Zachary Price, University of California Hastings College of Law; and Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law Center. Moderator: Prof. Tara Grove, William & Mary Law School. Introduction and Welcome by Hon. Lee Liberman Otis, Senior Vice President & Director, Faculty Division and Prof. Daniel B. Rodriguez, President, Association of American Law Schools & Dean, Northwestern Law School.

What actions are political and what actions are criminal? Where should prosecutors and courts draw the lines? How should we decide what actions should be evaluated at the ballot box and what actions should be evaluated in a court of law? This panel will discuss the recent use of criminal law to pursue public officials and political activity. A presentation of former high level Justice Department attorneys will look to recent prosecutions, such as those of Bob McDonnell and John Edwards, to evaluate whether our criminal law is wading too deeply into political activity. Relying on their expertise, the panelists will address a number of federal crimes, like Honest Services Fraud, used to pursue politicians, and discuss whether it is wise to put politics on trial, or whether the voters should decide. -- The Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Group hosted this event on December 11, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Mr. Todd P. Graves, Graves Garrett LLC; Mr. Edward T. Kang, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP; and Mr. John C. Richter, Partner, King & Spalding. Moderator: Moderator: Mr. John G. Malcolm, Chairman, Federalist Society Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Group Executive Committee, and Director and Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation.

Prof. Richard Epstein delivered the Keynote Address during a conference titled "Patents and Innovation: Addressing Current Issues". The conference was held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. He was introduced by Dean A. Reuter, Vice President & Director of Practice Groups at the Federalist Society.

Policy makers on Capitol Hill are poised to press forward with legislation thatpurports to address what some believe is a litigation crisis, driven by so-called non-practicing entities. Others believe the legislation would ultimately undermine important property rights and patent licensing arrangements. The latter group asserts that a growing body of empirical evidence holds that patent litigation rates have not increased significantly and in fact appear to be on the decline. Will the proposed patent legislation address real litigation abuses, and what effect will it have on legitimate patent holders? Is there a responsible way to address patent litigation abuses without hampering patent-based incentives to invest in innovation? What do the answers to these questions mean for the United States efforts to promote strong IP laws abroad? -- This panel was part of a conference titled "Patents and Innovation: Addressing Current Issues". The conference was held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Hon. F. Scott Kieff, Commissioner, United States International Trade Commission; Mr. Noah Phillips, Chief Counsel, U.S. Senator John Cornyn at Senate Judiciary Committee; and Prof. Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Academic Programs and Senior Scholar of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, George Mason University School of Law. Moderator: Mr. Dean A. Reuter, Vice President & Director of Practice Groups, The Federalist Society.

Parity between the treatment of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and real property is a core principle of the DOJ/FTC 1995 Guidelines on licensing patents, which provide that the “[a]gencies apply the same general antitrust principles to conduct involving intellectual property that they apply to conduct involving any other form of tangible or intangible property.” Are these guidelines still being followed, or have the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have taken actions that signal a departure, and perhaps a skepticism about patent licensing activity, particularly with respect to technological standards? Under either scenario, what are the implications for innovative U.S. companies at home and abroad, including in China where regulators are using antimonopoly powers to extract commercial concessions from U.S. technology leaders? How can patent rights and competition policiesbest co-exist while preserving incentives for firms to invest in R&D and disseminate patented technologies through licensing, standard setting, and other voluntary arrangements? -- This panel was part of a conference titled "Patents and Innovation: Addressing Current Issues". The conference was held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Mr. Alden F. Abbott, Deputy Director, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies; John, Barbara, and Victoria Rumpel Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; former Director of Patent and Antitrust Strategy, BlackBerry and Hon. Joshua D. Wright, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission. Moderator: Hon. Paul Michel, former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Introduction: Mr. Dean A. Reuter, Vice President & Director of Practice Groups, The Federalist Society.

Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah delivered this address at the 2014 National Lawyers Convention on Friday, November 14, 2014. He was introduced by Mr. Leonard A. Leo, Executive Vice President of The Federalist Society.