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Category Archives: Practice Tips
Magistrate Judge Ramirez Issues Findings, Conclusions and Recommendation On Exceptional Case/Attorney’s Fees Motion
In H-W Technology v. Overstock.com, defendant filed a motion for requesting exception case finding and an award of attorney’s fees. Judge Ramirez recommended the denial of this motion (decision available here). Judge Ramirez’s decision contains a good discussion of the … Continue reading
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Judge Godbey Issues Order on Errata Sheets
On December 9, 2014, Judge Godbey issued an Order in Minka Lighting v. Craftmade International (available here) addressing a motion to strike the errata sheet for a deposition. The errata sheet at issue contained 32 corrections to the deposition testimony, 22 … Continue reading
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The Appropriateness of Form Objections During Depositions
I recently came across an interesting Order (available here) from the Northern District of Iowa imposing sanctions against an attorney for conduct that occurred in depositions in Security National Bank v. Abbott Laboratories. The Court ultimately ordered the attorney to … Continue reading
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N.D. Tex.’s Updated ECF Administrative Procedures Manual
The latest copy of the N.D. Tex.’s ECF Administrative Procedures Manual can be found here. The Manual provides instructions for, among other things, (i) filing a civil or miscellaneous case, (ii) signature blocks, (iii) proposed orders, and (iv) emergency filing … Continue reading
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Importance of Courtesy Copies
I came across the attached decision from the Northern District of Illinois, wherein the Court required a $100 payment for violating the local rules’ courtesy copy requirement. You can find your N.D. Tex.’s judge’s courtesy copy requirements, if any, here. I … Continue reading
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Judge Lynn’s Practice Pointers for Patent Cases
On August 22, 2014, Judge Lynn gave a presentation at the Belo regarding practice tips for patent cases. The Northern District of Texas has the 17th busiest docket in the nation, and it has an active criminal docket. Judges Lynn, Godbey and … Continue reading
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Good Reason to Use Local Counsel
We came across a decision from the Western District of Texas that illustrates a good reason to use local counsel. In the Order (available here), the Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss because the pleading exceeded the local rule’s page … Continue reading
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Northern District of Texas’ Federal Civil Practice Seminar To Occur on January 16
The Federal Bar Association, Dallas Chapter, is hosting its annual Federal Civil Practice Seminar on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. at the Belo Mansion. This will be a great program, with speakers including Judges Ferguson, Boyle, O’Connor, Cureton, … Continue reading
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Judge Godbey Resolves Summary Judgment Motions in MobileMedia v. Blackberry
On November 15, 2013, Judge Godbey issued an Order (available here) resolving various motions for summary judgment in MobileMedia v. Blackbery. Judge Godbey granted summary judgment of non-infringement with respect to three patents-in-suit. MobileMedia also moved for summary on various … Continue reading
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CCRG Interviews Trey Branham, Plaintiffs’ Attorney In Parker v. ABC Debt Relief FLSA Trial
As litigators know, the vast majority of cases do not make it to trial. The parties either reach a settlement, or the Court disposes of the case on a motion to dismiss or at summary judgment. Parker v. ABC Debt … Continue reading
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