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Georgia’s product liability statute of repose requires actions to be commenced within 10 years of “the date of the first sale for use or consumption” of the product at issue. OCGA § 51-1-11(b)(2) (emphasis added). While the...more
Preferences are a common issue in bankruptcy proceedings. The Bankruptcy Code provides several affirmative defenses to assist creditors in mitigating or eliminating their preference exposure. One such affirmative defense is...more
At a recent jury selection, opposing counsel — the plaintiff in that case — stepped up to the box of prospective jurors holding two unopened reams of paper. I knew what was coming: If the weight of evidence is completely...more
Equitable estoppel is an affirmative defense that generally prevents one party from misleading another to the other’s detriment or to the misleading party’s own benefit....more
Earlier this month, a magistrate judge in the Northern District of California dealt another blow to the “kitchen sink” approach to pleading affirmative defenses. In Wesch v. Yodlee, Inc., Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim granted...more
The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado recently denied a plaintiff’s bid to overturn a protective order preventing the plaintiff from taking 30(b)(6) deposition testimony on a...more
35 U.S.C. § 101 precludes a patentee from obtaining more than one patent on the same invention. Courts have extended this prohibition “to preclude a second patent on an invention which ‘would have been obvious from the...more
Many litigants are familiar with the well-settled rule that an affirmative defense will be waived if it is not included in a CPLR 3211(a) motion to dismiss or in the answer (see CPLR 3211[e]). And so, lawyers tasked with...more
When an SBA loan goes into default, the SBA requires a lender to commence litigation when the lender concludes that (1) defensive action is necessary to protect the collateral or ability to collect from the obligor or (2)...more
The equitable doctrine of judicial estoppel prevents a party from asserting a claim in a legal proceeding that is inconsistent with a claim taken by that party in a previous proceeding. Generally, the doctrine is raised by a...more
On December 7, 2017, the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court ruling that a plaintiff’s survival claims were barred by the statute-of-limitations. In Pollan v. Wartak, the Court rejected the plaintiff’s claim...more
Tennessee’s recently-convened Davidson County Business Court will adjudicate business litigation in Nashville and may hear business cases from around the state with the consent of both parties. The Business Court’s stated...more
In trademark opposition proceedings the affirmative defense of failure to state a claim is commonly pleaded, yet it is often an inappropriate affirmative defense. Other affirmative defenses that are severely limited in...more
Say you are filing an Answer to a Complaint. NC Rule of Civil Procedure 8(c) lists a host of affirmative defenses you might raise. They are: accord and satisfaction, arbitration and award, assumption of risk,...more
Ed. Note – this week, I am pleased to join my colleagues David Simon, partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, and William ‘Bill’ C. Athanas, partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, in a tripartite debate on the efficacy of the...more