Jury Trial, Rules of Civil Procedure, Appeals

Apple’s Second Bite Is Successful: Federal Circuit nixes Optis verdict involving Standard Essential Patents due to jury...

Miller Canfield on 6/26/2025

Apple has escaped a $300 million patent infringement verdict after a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated both the infringement and damages judgment because of faulty jury...more

Where Appeals Begin

Chartwell Law on 2/27/2025

I remember listening to Justice Frank Cleckley of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, my professor for Evidence, open his first lecture with a discussion of Federal Rule of Evidence 103. As a young law student, I was...more

Illinois Civil Practice Guide - 2024 Edition

Jenner & Block on 2/16/2024

I. THE USE OF REMOTE PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL PRACTICE - The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on civil litigation in Illinois, particularly by increasing the use of remote proceedings in Illinois circuit courts. A....more

Court Rules That There Is No Right To A Jury Trial In A Trust Modification Suit And Affirms The Modifications Of A Trust

Winstead PC on 10/30/2023

First Appellate Decision. In In re Troy S. Poe Trust, a co-trustee of a trust filed suit to modify the trust to increase the number of trustees and change the method for trustees to vote on issues as well as other...more

Illinois Civil Practice Guide - 2022 Edition

Jenner & Block on 4/4/2022

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON CIVIL PRACTICE The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on civil litigation in Illinois. Since March 2020, the Governor of Illinois and Illinois courts of all levels have...more

Court Rules Against Trustee’s Right to a Jury Trial Where the Trustee Agreed To A Summary Proceeding

Winstead PC on 1/16/2020

In Lavizadeh v. Moghadam, a trustee purchased real estate and then had a dispute with a guarantor. No. 05-18-00955-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 10835 (Tex. App.—Dallas December 13, 2019, no pet. history). The trial court ruled...more

Court Holds That A Party Was Entitled To A Jury Trial On Initial Issues Before A Trial Court Could Modify A Trust

Winstead PC on 12/24/2019

In In re Troy S. Poe Trust, trustees of a trust that was embroiled in litigation filed suit to modify the trust to increase the number of trustees and change the method for trustees to vote on issues. No. 08-18-00074-CV, 2019...more

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