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I have said it before. I will say it again. The biggest mistake you can make for your business is choosing #biglaw to represent you in a TCPA class action. These guys keep getting smoked. Over and over again. Here is the...more
California courts take seriously their rules against gamesmanship in pretrial discovery – as one lawyer recently learned. A stiff sanction, nearly $10,000, was the price he paid for refusing to turn on his laptop’s webcam,...more
Few litigators like discovery. It can be extensive, expensive, and irritating. It can also lead to a motion to compel and the unpleasantries that often surround those motions. In general, Fed. R. of Civ. P. Rule 37(a)(5)...more
Parties to arbitration proceedings frequently comment that they appreciate the arbitration process because it is a faster, more efficient, and less costly way to resolve their business disputes. Unlike litigation, arbitration...more
District Court Abused Discretion in Ignoring Federal Circuit Mandate to Reconsider Attorneys’ Fees Under Octane Fitness - In Adjustacam, LLC v. Newegg, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1882, the Federal Circuit held that a district...more
In Fulton v. Livingston Financial LLC, 2016 WL 3976558 (W.D. Wash. July 25, 2016), U.S. District Judge James L. Robart sanctioned a defense lawyer who “inexcusabl[y]” relied on outdated case law and pre-2015 amendments to...more