Law360 reports bipartisan support for an upcoming bill that would create 65 new judgeships, including one in the District of Delaware.
It may not sound like much, but a single new DE judgeship would be a 25% increase in the number of district court judges here.
The District Court hasn't expanded since 1984, and it consistently ranks among the busiest district courts. This year it ranked third in weighted filings per judgeship (just barely behind number two, the S. D. Indiana). More than a quarter of all 2019 patent cases were filed in Delaware.
Of course, there has been talk of a new DE judgeship before and nothing has come of it. So we'll have to see.
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