It’s safe to say the transformation is complete – attorneys, courts, and the legal industry have finally gotten the message – no pun intended. The new challenge isn’t to convince the legal field of a need to embrace social media, but rather solving the growing number of legal and ethical dilemmas spawned by the fact that social media and the legal industry are now inextricably intertwined. Continue reading »
Maggie Tamburro
May 062013
Is expert evidence required to prove a reasonable royalty damages award? Continue reading »
This week we bring you two fresh district court rulings involving experts who survived “gatekeeping” admissibility challenges under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert. Continue reading »
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently addressed a costly expert issue involving damages in a patent infringement case: Whether expert testimony which relies solely on a prior settlement agreement as a basis for proving reasonable royalty damages is reliable and therefore admissible under the established law of Daubert and FRE 702. Continue reading »
In a sharply divided opinion issued February 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court did something a little unusual as of late – it gave the green light to plaintiffs seeking class certification in a securities-fraud class action. Continue reading »
Mar 252013
Will the USPTO’s Patent and Trial Appeal Board (PTAB) become a major patent reform player, improving administrative efficiencies, streamlining the patent process, and creating cost effective litigation alternatives as it was purposed to do? Will it offer solutions to the overburdened patent process? Or will patent litigation attorneys and their clients shy away from it, fearful of underlying uncertainties in implementation and possible negative precedential effects its rulings may have in other forums? Continue reading »
We make it our business to expound on all things expert, with the goal of keeping you abreast of the most current expert information you need to prevail in your cases. With that in mind, we’d like to introduce to you Oopsy Dixit: Expert Witness Challenges. Continue reading »
We all know the cost of retaining an expert can be pricey. But does the price tag affect vindication of individual rights under a federal statute and impact court access? Continue reading »
