Joshua Gilliland – Bow Tie Law Blog

Letter supporting the publication of the Court of Appeals decision in Shanahan v. Superior Court…more

The Plaintiffs in Mack v. HH Gregg, Inc. sued the Defendants for breach of contract over the alleged failed installation of dryers. The parties agreed the Defendants would produce a “summary of its dryer installation invoices…more

The Federal Trade Commission filed for a permanent injunction and temporary restraining order against the Defendants for violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The FTC sought the preservation of the Defendants’ “…assets…more

In Accessdata Corp. v. Alste Techs. Gmbh, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4566 (D. Utah Jan. 21, 2010), a United States based company entered into a contract with a German company to sell electronic discovery forensic software in Germany…more

Pelowski v. Pipe, 2010 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 549, 14-15 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. Jan. 26, 2010) is case where the Plaintiff’s appealed the judgment of dismissal of a Defendant based on the lack of personal jurisdiction. The…more

A man was prohibited from owning fire arms and appealed the decision. The road leading up to the gun ban started on November 2, 2008…after fighting and texting with his girlfriend. People v. Akers, 2010 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS…more

In Accessdata Corp. v. Alste Techs. Gmbh, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4566 (D. Utah Jan. 21, 2010), a United States based company that produces forensic software used in e-Discovery, entered into a contract with a German company. …more

The story of a motion enforce judgment and an order to show cause for contempt from a party's usage of another party's trademark on Twitter. …more

The epic United States Supreme Court opinion on campaign finance reform sneaked in a passage on social networking and Free Speech…more

The Plaintiffs in Blockowicz v. Ramey were victims of online defamation on social networking and other websites. The Plaintiffs were successful in getting a default judgment against the Defendants and an injunction to remove…more

A police officer stopped a car driving with a flat tire, cracked windshield and its bright lights on. The resulting stop and arrest gives us an unpublished opinion where a warrantless search of a cell phone produced admissible…more

A criminal defendant was convicted of possession of child pornography, based on CD’s and other media he left after vacating an apartment. The Supreme Court of New Hampshire found he had no expectation of privacy in the…more

In Gurevich v. Gurevich, 2009 NY Slip Op 29191 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2009), the estranged wife had her ex-husband’s email password since their separation in 2006. The wife accessed the husband’s email account and claimed to find email…more

The Plaintiffs brought a motion to strike and a motion for sanctions for discovery misconduct in responding to requests for electronically stored information. Maggette v. BL Dev. Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116789 (N.D. Miss…more

Magistrate Judge Facciola addressed Federal Rule of Evidence Rule 502(b) with the inadvertent disclosure of a memorandum protected by the work product doctrine, in a case involving an officer with the DC Department of…more