US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is now positioned to be the lead dissenter on a liberal wing that’s powerless to stop the court’s conservative majority from pushing federal law to the right.

Abortion providers in states billing themselves as safe havens are grappling with how best to serve an influx of clients who may not speak fluent English, given the limited resources available.

Less than six years old, Avanci LLC has built a platform that includes most of the patents on technology that’s key to an industry standard for 4G telecommunications. And by focusing on deals with automakers rather than parts suppliers, it’s forcing the industry to rethink how patents are licensed.

A recent study by the US Patent and Trademark Office regarding the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence is a good, if small step in the right direction, attorneys say.

A federal judge rejected claims that the three largest US opioid distributors ignored warning signs when they sent millions of pills to a West Virginia community, handing the companies a win in a rare trial associated with the drug epidemic.

House members are seeking to leverage their funding powers to demand the Energy Department speed up work on nuclear waste disposal and cleanup, while more quickly developing new domestic sources of nuclear fuel.