Federal Judiciary

Washington D.C. trip

By Michael C. Smith

Well, last week's trip to our nation's capital had nothing to do with Judge Rader, although a bit to do with patent litigation, as my wife and I met, along with members of the Marshall Chamber of Commerce, with Texas senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison and their staff about, among other things, pending patent reform legislation.  The Marshall Chamber alternates trips to Austin and DC to meet with our representatives, and this year was DC's turn.  Our ten year old Grayson also briefed Sen. Hutchison on how his Nintendo DS also takes pictures.  (Seriously - her son's about the same age and has one and she didn't know, so it's a win-win).

Good to be back in the office this morning and I've already made a small start catching up on all the interesting local developments and opinions while I was out last week (and most of the week before speaking at a seminar in Austin). 

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on March 22, 2010 (boomark / email).