Tag: Litigation

  • Patent Damages Law

    Patent Damages Law in the United States Damages available under the 1952 Patent Act Since 1952, 35 USCA § 284 has regulated the award of damages in patent cases. Section 284 provides: “Upon nding for the claimant the court shall award the claimant damages adequate to compensate for the […]

  • Malpractice and Product Liability Cases

    Malpractice and Product Liability Cases in the United States Litigating Hip Replacement Malpractice and Product Liability Cases This section examines the Litigating Hip Replacement Malpractice and Product Liability Cases subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements […]

  • Malpractice and Product Liability Cases

    Malpractice and Product Liability Cases in the United States Litigating Hip Replacement Malpractice and Product Liability Cases This section examines the Litigating Hip Replacement Malpractice and Product Liability Cases subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements […]

  • Product Liability Cases

    Product Liability Cases in the United States Litigating Cardiac Assist Device Product Liability Cases This section examines the Litigating Cardiac Assist Device Product Liability Cases subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal […]

  • The Sedona Conference

    The Sedona Conference in the United States The Sedona Conference (TSC) is a charitable, 501(c)(3) non-partisan research and educational institute dedicated to the advancement of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation and intellectual property rights. It is supported […]

  • Capital One TCPA Class Settlement

    Capital One TCPA Class Settlement in the United States A class action is a lawsuit in which the claims and rights of many people are decided in a single court proceeding. Representative plaintiffs, also known as class representatives,” assert claims on behalf of the entire class. The […]

  • Black Box

    Black Box in the United States More and more vehicles are equipped with devices that record key data in the event of a crash. Black Box in Litigation By Peter R. Thom. He is the president of a national firm of consulting automotive engineers based in Orinda, California (prtassoc.com). A […]

  • Legal Strategy

    Legal Strategy in the United States By Kelly O’Mara, a San Francisco Bay Area writer. It’s not always easy to differentiate between a brilliant legal strategy and a publicity stunt. Sometimes it’s the first thing defendants say to belittle a suit filed against them: This is nothing more […]

  • Photos Evidence in Litigation

    Photos Evidence in Litigation in the United States The Admissibility of Photos Evidence By George Reis. He owns Imaging Forensics in Orange County (California), providing forensic photographic and video analysis, and photography services. Digital photographic and video evidence can be […]

  • Patent Law Disputes

    Patent Law Disputes in the United States Introduction to U.S. Patent Law Disputes Occasionally several people apply for a patent for the same invention. Under U.S. law, the person who first invented the item is entitled to the patent. If it is unclear who invented the item first, the PTO […]

  • Legal Research Information

    Legal Research Information in the United States Electronic Legal Research This section provides a brief overview of legal resources in electronic format. Electronic legal resources play an increasingly important role in legal research. What is meant by electronic legal resources are those […]

  • Indexes of the Encyclopedias of Law

    Indexes of the Encyclopedias of Law in the United States A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T| U | V | W |…

  • Legal Research Guides

    Legal Research Guides in the United States After the Cohen and Berring’s How to Find the Law, the standard print legal research guides are Kent Olson’s Principles of Legal Research (successor to How to Find the Law) and Barkan, Mersky and Dunn’s Fundamentals of Legal Research (formerly by […]

  • Class Action Lawsuit

    Class Action Lawsuit in the United States Class Action Lawsuit Definition A lawsuit instituted by one person or group of persons on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated. It arises for example in the case of mass torts and toxic torts (q.v.). Class Action Lawsuit […]

  • Bank of America

    Bank of America BofA in the United States Bank of America, which bought Countrywide Financial Corp. in 2008, settled with large hedge funds, but some investors objected and succeeded in having it removed to federal court. Countrywide Financial – Bank of America Merger and Home Loans […]