Parties seeking to use the US court system to facilitate discovery in foreign commercial and investor-state arbitrations may no longer have that option. ...more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-14 on March 31, directing every person in Texas to minimize social gatherings and in-person contact with people who do not live in the same household except where necessary...more
The United States Supreme Court clarified that 28 U.S.C. § 1400 is the exclusive venue statute for patent infringement cases, so the definition of “residence” for domestic corporations is limited to where they are...more
LCIA’s analysis includes a comparison of its arbitration costs against corresponding amounts for ICC, SIAC, and HKIAC proceedings.
On 3 November, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) published a...more
New data shows a sharp increase in the number of patent troll lawsuits being filed against energy companies in 2015.
As we predicted in our March 2014 White Paper, “Are Patent Trolls Now Targeting the Energy...more
Parties arbitrating in Texas should set formal agreements for delayed awards and should consider whether to object to awards that are not timely.
In an arbitration case of first impression—Sims v. Building Tomorrow’s...more
Court lowers the threshold for “exceptional” cases.
On April 29, in Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s existing...more
Eastern District’s order aims to focus patent cases in an attempt to reduce costs.
On October 29, Chief District Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas signed a general order...more