Top SCOTUS Cases Tech Companies Should Watch – Fall 2017 Preview

The upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term promises to be a big one, featuring a patent case that could be a game changer for many clients and a host of other cases that may affect how tech and life sciences companies deal with personal data, how they treat internal "whistleblowers" and whether they can enforce arbitration in employee disputes. As the high court gears up for its new term on Oct. 2, we prepared a list of the most important cases that we think you should know about.

With Justice Neil Gorsuch—who shares the conservative legal philosophy of his judicial predecessor, Justice Antonin Scalia—the Court is back up to its full membership and preparing to tackle some blockbuster cases. Gorsuch's track record as a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals underscores his tendency to favor business interests in his decisions. Although Gorsuch hasn't handled many high-profile tech cases, he has made a few decisions that have tech implications (Dudnikov v. Chalk & Vermili