Knotty Issues of eDiscovery
The trademark infringement case Eagle Coffee Co. v. Eagle Coffee Int’l, Inc., addressed whether a web-based vendor could be subject to personal jurisdiction in any state they had customers. Eagle Coffee Co. v. Eagle Coffee Int’l, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9642 (D. Md. Feb. 4, 2010). The short answer:[…]
Read moreA Pennsylvania Pro se Plaintiff sued a Massachusetts “cabaret” for its employee’s failure to call 911 while he was being attacked by Hell Angels. No, this is not a “Sons of Anarchy” episode, but an actual court case: Spuglio v. Cabaret Lounge, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20398 (3d Cir. Pa.[…]
Read moreThe Defendant, a karaoke song provider from California, was sued in Tennessee for copyright infringement for song downloads. The Plaintiffs were a music publisher and claimed ownership of thousands of subject songs that were allegedly infringed on by the Defendants. The Defendants claimed they had no contacts with the state[…]
Read moreDoe I v. Ciolli, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37625 (D. Conn. Apr. 30, 2009) is the tale of two female law students from Connecticut attending Yale Law School, who are suing thirty-nine pseudonymous names on a post-graduate admissions website (AutoAdmit.com). The students identified Defendant Matthew Ryan as “:D” from Texas, who brought a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction. Ciolli, 1-2.
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