Louis A. Piccone v. United States Patent and Trademark Office
ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess Patent Trademark
Are attorneys entitled to material exculpatory information in bar disciplinary proceedings?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED : I. Are Attorneys undergoing bar disciplinary : proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark : Office to determine whether they may continue to practice their chosen profession, entitled to material . exculpatory information obtained by government investigative attorneys in view of this Court’s decision ; in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), federal ; regulations such as 37 C.F.R. 11.801, and Rule 3.8(d) of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct? II.. When delegated authority, including delegated ‘ authority to execute official government documents, . : violates federal regulation, including specific federal regulations as to whom may sign documents such as 37 C.F.R. § 11.34(a)(5), and is contrary to the Congressional intent expressed in 35 U.S.C. § 26 ; statute, is the presumption that said delegation was authorized as held in U.S. Telecom Ass’n v. FCC, 359 . F.3d 554, (D.C. Cir. 2004) overcome? 2