Google is no stranger to litigation, but it now faces an unusual claim to cancel its trademark registration. The aptly named plaintiff David Elliott squares off against the Google Goliath with an argument
[Read More]A case in the California Court of Appeal, People v. Rangel, held that a police officer could read text messages from the Defendant’s cell phone. The detective did indeed have a search warrant,
[Read More]By necessity, lawyers are deeply rooted in precedent and tradition — living and breathing case law in their working lives. This mindset is extraordinarily useful for navigating our legal system and making effective,
[Read More]On July 5, Florida adopted a specific set of electronic data discovery rules for its state courts based upon the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but updated to be
[Read More]Law firms often don’t utilize their non-attorney staff to their fullest extent, according to a recently released survey by ALM Legal Intelligence. However, some firms have become increasingly open to pursuing non-traditional means of
[Read More]Until recently there was widespread resistance among CIO’s and IT departments to Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, because of the inherent security risks and increased ability of employees to engage in personal
[Read More]Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus owner Feld Entertainment cracked its whip at the bevy of animal rights groups that sued them in 2000 for alleged mistreatment of its elephants (this case
[Read More]On July 2 GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharmaceutical company, agreed to plead guilty to off-label promotion of almost a dozen of its drugs, most notably Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Avandia, and will pay $3 billion
[Read More]A huge effort to streamline the e-discovery process called The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Committee just released their May 2012 Phase 2 report of their pilot program. Their goal in conducting
[Read More]“Big Data” is one of the most important trends in technology, and now it’s making waves in the legal community because of its potential to predict legal outcomes and costs for specific cases.
[Read More]GlaxoSmithKline has made enormous strides towards revamping the way that they pay for outside legal services by implementing value-based billing wherever possible. When Dan Troy was hired as GC in 2008, he immediately
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