Posts Tagged ‘remote depositions’
Activists Bring Climate Change Policy to the Courtroom
When those parties and companies refuse to make voluntary changes to improve such climate change factors as pollution output and planet-harming resource gathering methods, activists looking to protect the planet have no other choice but to take them to court.
Read MoreU.S. IPR Patent Review Process Legality Has Been Upheld
Houston-based oilfield services company Oil States International, Inc. challenged the legality of inter partes review (IPR), a patent review process that allows the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to hold hearings with patent challengers and patent holders to determine the validity of a patent. The company argued that IPR violated the right of defendants…
Read MoreReversed Ruling Could Allow Junk Science to Complicate Litigation
A reversed ruling from July 2017 could reopen a precedent that junk science evidence is admissible in court, which may allow several thousand cases to run through the judicial system based on refuted scientific theories.
Read MoreAOB lawsuits compound agony of Florida hurricanes
Assignment of benefits started out as a convenience for Florida residents [but]…has become a vehicle for fraud and claim build-up by some vendors.”
State Farm Florida spokesperson Michal Brower via Insurance Journal.
Read MoreSecurity perils continue to haunt law firms and clients
Law firms are investing more money in information security these days because their clients are effectively demanding it.
More than 2 in 5 lawyers (41 percent) recently interviewed by Robert Half Legal were planning to spend more on information security-related tools and services in the next 12 months.
Read MoreOnline accessibility issues fuel new ADA litigation
The Americans with Disabilities Act has made public accommodations like retail stores more accessible to people with disabilities. Which raises the question – would those retail stores’ websites be considered public accommodations?
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