Chief Judge Randall Rader of the Federal Circuit has unveiled a model order that would limit e-discovery in patent cases, saying that discovery expenses can “force accused infringers to acquiesce to non-meritorious claims,” and serve as “an unhealthy tax on innovation and open competition.”

The 5th Circuit typically is a collegial court, but during en banc arguments in a drug case last week, Chief Judge Edith Jones felt the need to tell Judge James Dennis to “shut up.” She later apologized.

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has said that within the next three months he will establish adult criminal court parts dedicated to handling cases of 16- and 17-year-old offenders in an effort to demonstrate that the age of criminal responsibility can safely and economically be raised.

The 9th Circuit on Friday struck down an ordinance aimed at keeping day laborers from soliciting employment on the street, finding it facially unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds.

Texas federal Judge Sam Sparks, who has been getting plenty of attention for his orders chastising lawyers for their behavior, recently got some criticism of his own in an email from the 5th Circuit’s chief judge, who called Sparks’ rhetoric “caustic, demeaning, and gratuitous.”