Topic
Venue
212 published works
Chicago IP Litigation
Non-Exclusive Sublicensee Plaintiff is Dismissed and the Case is Transferred
Adventus Ams. Inc. v. Innovative Envtl. Techs., Inc., No. 06 CV 3267, 2007 WL 704938 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 5, 2007) (Manning). Judge Manning dismissed one plaintiff for lack of standing…
Drug & Device Law
The Bridges From Madison County
By Bexis
Consider an under-utilized vehicle for changing venue in state court cases.Suppose your client faces two individual product liability cases filed in state court in Cook County, Illinois. The client is…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Venue In Internet Cases
By Ellen Podgor
The venue and jurisdiction for Internet and computer related cases presents many problems for the defendant. Laurie Cohen's article in the Wall Street Journal, "Internet's Ubiquity Multiples Venues to Try…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
ND Ga – Court Not Required To Transfer A Case When Filed In Wrong Division
By Sunghee Sohn
In In re Resendez, No. 06-67436, 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 2574 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. August 31, 2006), the Chapter 13 debtor inadvertently filed her petition in the Atlanta Division, when she…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Roundup of Patent Law in the Central District of California
With apologies to Garrison Keillor, it's been a quiet summer in the Central District of California, my home town. While the Eastern District of Texas has been stirring things up…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Another Trust-Litigation Venue Case
Weinberg v. Weinberg, 2006 WL 2265216, 31 Fla. L. Weekly D2094 (Fla.App. 4 Dist. Aug 09, 2006) Is it just me, or does it seem like venue has all of…
Houston Litigation Blog
Surviving the Judicial Hell Hole
Here is a link to the “Judicial Hellholes” Report of 2005 published by the American Tort Reform Association. www.atra.org/reports/hellholes/In Texas, the following counties made the list of judicial hellholes: Jefferson,…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Venue and Trust Litigation
Meyer v. Meyer, __ So.2d __, 2006 WL 1708155 (Fla. 5th DCA June 23, 2006) Venue rulings can be powerful tools in litigation. Requiring parties to drop their lawsuit in one…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Does a decedent’s domicile define a Florida court’s subject matter jurisdiction over domiciliary probate proceedings?
Under F.S. 733.212, potential litigants served with a notice of administration have only 3 months to object "to the validity of the will, the qualifications of the personal representative, venue,…
Other
So what happens after resident defendant gets out?
By Ken Shigley
Senate Bill 3 amended 9-10-31 to bring back a "vanishing venue" rule as follows: (d) If all defendants who reside in the county in which an action is pending are…