California's budget woes have been well-documented; one manifestation of increasingly-shoestring budgets is a decrease in court facilities available for civil (as opposed to criminal) trials. This article notes that although some civil trials...
This article points to an example that illustrates a simple truth about jury trials: jurors do not stop paying attention to facts once they leave the jury box in the courtroom. In the example, a plaintiff who suffered injuries at the...
Someone writes a bad review about your business on a website. You think that the review contains statements which qualify as defamation. Can you file a lawsuit against the writer? This article points out that before you file a...
The slides from a presentation on developments in eDiscovery and Electronically Stored Information (ESI) are shared in this article. The slides explain what ESI is, what it includes and how it is treated in litigation. It then goes...
The JOBS Act represented the most sweeping change to the federal securities laws in quite some time. Because many of its changes replaced bright line prohibitions with permissive standards, this article points out that the Act might lead...
The GeekView IP Weeks(ish) in Review analyzes several trademark, copyright and advertising disputes and news from around the country. It provides analyses of several claims, counterclaims, missteps and so on, and highlights some of the steps...
This article decries certain questionable practices in intellectual property litigation involving the calculation and awarding of damages. The article notes a $100 million dollar default judgment in a recent lawsuit and points out that these...
This article details a recent lawsuit filed against U-Haul alleging efforts to conspire with the company's competitors to fix prices of one-way moving trucks at prices higher than what would occur in competitive markets. The article also shares...
When entering a contract to memorialize a transaction with a counterparty in a different country, how hsould the parties agree to resolve disputes arising from that contract? This party weighs in with recommendations on the type of dispute...
Although trial results are often more interesting to write about (and filled with more salacious details), the majority of lawsuits are actually settled outside of court. This article points out that trademark litigation is no exception to this...