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Apple Is Ordered to Pay $532.9 Million in [EDTX] Patent Case
February 26, 2015
iTunes software infringes three Smartflash patents, a jury finds; Apple says it will appeal A Texas jury ordered Apple Inc. to pay $532.9 million after finding that the company’s iTunes software infringed three patents of privately held Smartflash LLC. The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant vowed to appeal the verdict. Smartflash owns three patents related to data storage and payment management. The Tyler, Texas, company alleged that, in 2000, patent co-inventor Patrick Racz shared his ideas...
February 26, 2015
iTunes software infringes three Smartflash patents, a jury finds; Apple says it will appeal A Texas jury ordered Apple Inc. to pay $532.9 million after finding that the company’s iTunes software infringed three patents of privately held Smartflash LLC. The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant vowed to appeal the verdict. Smartflash owns three patents related to data storage and payment management. The Tyler, Texas, company alleged that, in 2000, patent co-inventor Patrick Racz shared his ideas...
Are Your Clients Remembering That Story Accurately? Some Ways to Check
February 26, 2015
I recommend to you this excellent article written by the authors of The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us. They offer 10 ways to check the accuracy of our very malleable and faulty memory. Journalists know that when they hear something from one source, they should corroborate it with independent sources before reporting it. The science of memory has taught us that our own memories are also unreliable sources, just as needy of corroboration. Click to read the rest of "How Not to Be the Next...
February 26, 2015
I recommend to you this excellent article written by the authors of The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us. They offer 10 ways to check the accuracy of our very malleable and faulty memory. Journalists know that when they hear something from one source, they should corroborate it with independent sources before reporting it. The science of memory has taught us that our own memories are also unreliable sources, just as needy of corroboration. Click to read the rest of "How Not to Be the Next...
The Early Days of Legal Analytics
February 25, 2015
There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in LexMachina-logo1patent...
February 25, 2015
There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in LexMachina-logo1patent...
40 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers (Part 2)
February 25, 2015
As we noted in Part One of this post, iPads have become ubiquitous in courtrooms and depositions since lawyers use them for everything from keeping organized to presenting evidence. Since 2011, when BullsEye first surveyed some of the most popular apps for trial, the number of litigation-related apps has grown significantly. When we recently decided to take another look at the best apps for trial lawyers, our list grew to 40. In Part One of this post, we covered apps for reviewing transcripts,...
February 25, 2015
As we noted in Part One of this post, iPads have become ubiquitous in courtrooms and depositions since lawyers use them for everything from keeping organized to presenting evidence. Since 2011, when BullsEye first surveyed some of the most popular apps for trial, the number of litigation-related apps has grown significantly. When we recently decided to take another look at the best apps for trial lawyers, our list grew to 40. In Part One of this post, we covered apps for reviewing transcripts,...
40 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers (Part 1)
February 25, 2015
In courtrooms and depositions across the country, the iPad is replacing the legal pad as an essential accoutrement of trial...
February 25, 2015
In courtrooms and depositions across the country, the iPad is replacing the legal pad as an essential accoutrement of trial...
IBM Watson Might Transform the Practice of Law
February 24, 2015
It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence Engine use machine-leaning technology to help lawyers review large sets of contracts in M&A situations, looking for risks and pitfalls. They are both classic examples of the type of technological innovation that’s happening at lightning speed in the legal industry today. They are addressing an enormous pain point in the industry:...
February 24, 2015
It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence Engine use machine-leaning technology to help lawyers review large sets of contracts in M&A situations, looking for risks and pitfalls. They are both classic examples of the type of technological innovation that’s happening at lightning speed in the legal industry today. They are addressing an enormous pain point in the industry:...
Risk Aversion and Real Life
February 24, 2015
No doubt, you have read some interesting book or article and the next thing you know, it is playing out in real life. Well,...
February 24, 2015
No doubt, you have read some interesting book or article and the next thing you know, it is playing out in real life. Well,...
Stanford-Bred Startup Uses Moneyball Stats To Handicap Judges, Lawyers
February 24, 2015
If you’re being sued for patent infringement before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in the heart of California’s Silicon...
February 24, 2015
If you’re being sued for patent infringement before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in the heart of California’s Silicon...
New Opportunities For Entrepreneurial Litigators In Biglaw
February 23, 2015
The so-called rainmakers in Biglaw firms throughout the country have traditionally built high-end business litigation practices by cultivating relationships with the largest corporations and their general counsel, clients that generally were less financially constrained and thus more likely to accept the hourly rate billing structure over the long course of complex litigation. With the advent of litigation finance, and firms such as Lake Whillans, entrepreneurial litigators at large firms have a new path...
February 23, 2015
The so-called rainmakers in Biglaw firms throughout the country have traditionally built high-end business litigation practices by cultivating relationships with the largest corporations and their general counsel, clients that generally were less financially constrained and thus more likely to accept the hourly rate billing structure over the long course of complex litigation. With the advent of litigation finance, and firms such as Lake Whillans, entrepreneurial litigators at large firms have a new path...
Did Hunger Sabotage A Mediation?
February 23, 2015
The other day, I conducted two mediations between the same plaintiff’s counsel, the same defendants and their counsel. The only different party in the two mediations was the plaintiff. One mediation was to start in the morning and the next in early afternoon, figuring each would take about 3 hours. Unfortunately, the first mediation lasted much longer than expected; about 5 ½ hours. Although it settled, it was a difficult settlement, and one that took a lot out of everyone to reach. I noticed...
February 23, 2015
The other day, I conducted two mediations between the same plaintiff’s counsel, the same defendants and their counsel. The only different party in the two mediations was the plaintiff. One mediation was to start in the morning and the next in early afternoon, figuring each would take about 3 hours. Unfortunately, the first mediation lasted much longer than expected; about 5 ½ hours. Although it settled, it was a difficult settlement, and one that took a lot out of everyone to reach. I noticed...
