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Update: The Sedona Conference’s International Principles
In February I posted on the American Bar Association’s resolution encouraging courts to “consider and respect, as appropriate, the data protection and privacy laws of any applicable foreign sovereign” in discovery matters. Now the Sedona Conference has published International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection, which are in the same spirit as the ABA……
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Case of the Day: In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation
The case of the day is In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y. 2012). The decision does not give details of the underlying dispute, though the title of the case (a multi-district litigation consolidated in the Eastern District of New York) pretty much says it all. The issue was whether the defendant, Société……
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Case of the Day: TruePosition v. LM Ericsson Telephone Co.
The case of the day is TruePosition, Inc. v. LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (E.D. Pa. 2012). TruePosition is in the business of “developing and marketing high accuracy location products that operate over cellular telecommunications networks.” TruePosition sued three firms, LM Ericsson Telephone Co., Qualcomm, Inc., and Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., for violating the Sherman Act by……
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ABA Resolves To Encourage US Courts To Respect Foreign Privacy and Data Protection Laws
At its recent meeting, the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association passed a resolution regarding respect for foreign blocking statutes and data protection laws in pretrial discovery in US civil actions. The resolution reads: RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges that, where possible in the context of the proceedings before them, U.S.……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Cohen
The case of the day is United States v. Cohen (C.D. Ill. 2012). The government had a lien on the property of Irving Cohen for unpaid taxes. The claim in the case was that one of the defendants, The Windsor Organization, Inc., owned a property as Cohen’s alter ego or nominee, and that the government……