Waco – not clearly less convenient
No word whether the Waco Chamber of Commerce is considering this as a motto.
Month: April 2020
Motions to Compel
Motions to compel really are like snowflakes in that no two are alike. This one, like real snowflakes, also involves cutouts.
Striking Tulip Poplars
For more on tulip poplars, click here. For more on motions to strike infringement contentions, keep reading.
No, We’re Good, Thanks
Let’s celebrate the flowers from my tulip poplar with this example of the kind of wave off that judges like.
Remand to State Court
The most popular federal court topic for most practitioners, hands down, is how to get a case remanded to state court. This case lays out the standards.
Win, Win, Win, Lose. Exceptional?
Cases where there are exceptional motions going both ways due to a reversal after trial after trial are … interesting.
So Long, Sucker (Rods)
Judge Albright’s first patent case finished not with a trial, but a joint stipulation of noninfringement after the rulings at the pretrial conference.
COVID-19 General Orders Amended
The EDTX judges met by videoconference earlier today and adopted the following revisions to the COVID-19 – related General Orders.
Summary judgments of noninfringement
Six reports and orders on infringement and expert issues objected to here.
Bucketizing
For those of you that think references to “buckets” in discovery disputes is too informal, see the attached minutes. This is how the pros do it.