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You're Exonerated: Exploring the "Sham Guaranty Defense to Eliminate Liability Under a Guaranty

Lenders commonly require principals of a company to personally guarantee a real estate loan. While the business may be protected by California’s antidefiency statute, guarantors are not. Lenders also carefully draft...more

The Titan Killer: Mandatory Exclusion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(c)(1)

Oracle and SAP are at war. They have exchanged bayonet charges in discovery for two years in a case where Oracle has accused SAP (TomorrowNow) of “systematic and pervasive illegal downloading of Oracle software over...more

The Return of Covad Communications

Magistrate Judge Facciola’s “Christmas Eve” opinion now has a sequel: Covad Communs. Co. v. Revonet, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47841 (D.D.C. May 27, 2009). This opinion is very detailed covering issues of forensic...more