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Leveraging the Seventh Circuit e-Discovery Principles to Contain Litigation Costs

TJ Thurston & Scott Devens

ESI discovery disputes have become protracted for one common reason: The parties do not sufficiently prepare for ESI discovery. Corporations have had to become more strategic about how they handle litigation, especially during the discovery phase, in order to manage this increasing expense. Properly employing the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Principles, even if you're not in that jurisdiction, is one strategy that will help contain litigation costs.

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Banner Holiday Retailing Shows Economy Is Improving, if Slowly

Michael Lear-Olimpi

Who had a blue Christmas last year? Not retail e-commerce companies. Their holidays were decidedly green.

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Online Search and the Law

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Although U2's Bono praised the virtues of a constant search for the object of his desire in song, anyone looking online for needed business information certainly won't find that quest quite as romantic, or enjoy spending time and money for the privilege.

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Amended FRCP 26

Thomas P. Branigan & Tina Georgieva

Habitually filing <i>Daubert</i> motions for every opposing expert is not smart trial practice. Here's why.

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Court Restores $28 Million Punitives Award in HRT Case

Amaris Elliott-Engel

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has restored the $28 million in punitive damages a Philadelphia jury awarded to an Illinois plaintiff who said drugmakers Wyeth and Pharmacia &amp; Upjohn Inc. failed to warn her doctor of the risks of breast cancer from using hormonal drugs. The trial judge had reduced the punitive damages award to $1 million.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Joseph Mercadante

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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In re Construction Equipment

Dervis Magistre

If the Federal Circuit affirms a lower court verdict holding a patent not invalid over a prior art reference, may the losing party ask the Patent Office to invalidate that patent via re-examination over the same prior art reference? In the case of <i>In re Construction Equipment</i>, the Federal Circuit answered yes, raising important issues bearing on the scope of the re-examination statute, the finality of judgments, and the relationship between the Patent Office and the federal judiciary under the separation of powers doctrine of the Constitution.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Addictions

David L. Wallace

As explained in the introduction last month, this article explores the role of addiction in product liability litigation. Part Two herein explains the medical model of addiction, and addiction in the courtroom.

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Internet 2.0: Jurisdictional Risks in Today's Cyber World

Erin Hennessy & and Tasha Snipes

With the explosion of the Internet in the last several decades, courts have struggled with whether tortious conduct on a website is expressly aimed at any, or all, of the forums in which the website can be viewed. Two recent Ninth Circuit cases expanded the reach of Internet jurisdiction and may carry significant implications.

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