Civil Procedure – Page 3

Putting the “E” in Expedited e-Discovery

February 24, 2010 Josh Gilliland Civil Procedure, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Foreign Discovery

In the race to develop a web “tablet,” former business partners Interserve, Inc. dba TechCrunch and CrunchPad, Inc. and Fusion Garage PTE, Ltd., duel over whether to expedite discovery. Interserve, Inc. v. Fusion Garage PTE, Ltd., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6395 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 7, 2010). Prior to the litigation,[…]

Where Eagles Fly: Personal Jurisdiction for Web-Businesses

February 17, 2010 Josh Gilliland Civil Procedure, Personal Jurisdiction

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:[…]