Tag: Litigation
Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Setting Copyright-Trolling Traps for Downloaders
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One of the two attorneys behind the notorious Prenda Law copyright factory has admitted extracting more than $6 million from internet users by accusing them of illegally downloading porn, reports Forbes.
9 New E-Discovery Case Law Summaries
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Zapproved has published its new E-Discovery Case Law Summaries: 2017 Winter volume, covering the latest trends in applying the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to address cases involving preservation and discovery missteps.
Famous Patent ‘Troll’s’ Lawsuit Against Google Booted Out of East Texas
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Ars Technica reports the move could reduce Eolas’ chances of winning a settlement or verdict when the case is heard in a court outside the plaintiff-friendly East Texas system.
Bio-Rad to Pony Up $3.5m in Legal Fees for Ex-GC/Whistleblower
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Bio-Rad Laboratories has agreed to pay $3.5 million in legal fees for the team that represented former general counsel Sanford Wadler during a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit Wadler brought against his former employer, reports MassDevice.com. The use of privileged materials played a part in the litigation.
Federal Judge to Holland & Knight: Sit Down and Shut Up
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A judge in the Southern District of New York had some harsh words for Holland & Knight lawyers when they filed a response that the judge felt “abused the Court’s courtesy,” reports Above the Law.
Louis Vuitton Missed Joke from Parody Handbag Maker
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Chris Schwegmann, an intellectual property partner at Dallas-based Lynn Pinker Cox Hurst, agrees Louis Vuitton missed the joke when another company sold an inexpensive canvas tote bag was an obvious parody of the famous designer’s pricey designer bag.
Older Judges and Vacant Seats Give Trump Huge Power to Shape American Courts
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President Trump could soon find himself responsible for appointing a greater share of federal court judges than any first-term president in 40 years, according to a report in The New York Times.
Doctor Guilty of Felony for Botched Surgery; Prosecutors Said His Hands Were Deadly Weapons
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Christopher Duntsch of Colorado has been in jail since his arrest in July 2015, charged with five aggravated assault charges after four of his patients were maimed and two died, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Litigation is Inevitable: Update on Recent Advertising Class Actions
Event, Feb. 22, 12 p.m. EST
The webinar will include a discussion of developing cases, the post-Spokeo standing on class actions, and hot button issues such as the economic models in support of class certification. Speaker also will discuss the types of cases that are receiving the most traction.
Download: The Comprehensive Guide to E-Discovery Data Collections
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Exterro has published an e-discovery guide examining must-have and new data collection best practices, which will empower a legal team to create streamlined and cost-saving data collection policies.
Mark Lanier Named Trial Lawyer of the Year by National Trial Lawyers Group
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National Trial Lawyers named Mark Lanier its Trial Lawyer of the Year and recognized Lanier’s as being among the Top 25 most influential litigation firms in the United States.
Judge Wants Review of Legal Bills After Firms Reveal 9,000 Hours Of ‘Inadvertent’ Double-Billed Times
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The hourly rates claimed in the firms’ filings, which ranged from $335 to $500 an hour, were often 10 times more than what the lawyers normally earned, according to The Boston Globe.
Invitation: General Counsel to Discuss Cost Control
Event, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. CST
Bloomberg Big Law Business, in partnership with Catalyst, will convene corporate counsel to discuss the need to control rising legal costs particularly related to litigation at the complimentary event, Controlling Litigation Costs – Managing Your Legal Department for Success.
Federal Judges Survey: Featured E-Discovery Case Law Report
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For the third consecutive year, federal judges do not feel the typical attorney has the required knowledge to be effectively counseling clients on e-discovery matters, according to Exterro’s Third Annual Judges Surve
Neil Gorsuch: Scalia’s Views Mixed With Kennedy’s Style
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Gorsuch may be more conservative than Kennedy when it comes to expanding individual rights, but he seems to lack Scalia’s fervor for overturning liberal precedents from decades past, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Painful Verdicts for Johnson & Johnson
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The Lanier Law Firm said these verdicts marked the second and third bellwether trials among thousands of similar lawsuits nationwide that have been consolidated in multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Trump Pays $25 Million to Settle Trump University Litigation
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Politico reports that Trump University transferred the funds Tuesday night, providing enough money pay back about half of the funds paid by students for the seminars.
Download: 2017 Strategic E-Discovery Insights and Best Practices
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Zapproved has published the proceedings catalog from the 2016 PREX, the premier conference for in-house e-discovery professionals. The catalog is available for free downloading.
Federal Court Dismisses Insurer’s Claims Seeking Tens of Millions of Dollars in Damages
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The lawsuit sought more than $40 million in damages for an alleged shortfall in reinsurance collateral and claims relating to the issuance of various workers’ compensation policies.
Mark Zuckerberg, in Suit, Testifies in Oculus Intellectual Property Trial
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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, testified Tuesday in a trial that could cost his company $2 billion if a federal jury in Dallas finds that a company bought by Facebook stole technology that eventually went into a virtual reality headset.
